Subject: Re: local geek pricing and gathering certifications
From: Jim Gribbin (jewelrysupplier@gci.net)
Date: Fri Mar 08 2002 - 13:17:46 AKST
I don't know about the going prices on services, but a good place for
finding samples for proposals, admin forms, and whatnot is
www.techrepublic.com. It is a subscription site, but lots of good free
info.
Jim Gribbin
On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 21:01, Buddha wrote:
>
> I've been tapped to be the "geek on call" for a local real estate agency,
> but have zero experience in the private sector. I have countless years with
> "hands on" experience and have spent the last 3.5 yrs as a sys admin on
> Elmendorf.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Can someone point me in the right direction on the web on how to do time
> estimating, how to do business proposals, the order to do things, etc. I'm
> a Gooogle master, but have no idea what the keywords to look for are. (And
> I really suck at this "customer relations" thing...I'm used to being "the
> geek behind the scenes".)
>
> 2) What are the going rates for computer/networking jobs around town per
> hour? I'd heard $90/hr somewhere before. In investigating the network at
> this agency, I talked to the tech at Alaska Computer Brokers eho desined it
> and I asked him a few questions about pricing, etc. His response was,
> "Well, how many certifications do you have". My response: "None. I too
> busy fixing/installing hardware/software that I don't have time to study to
> cert on anything". I mentioned the $90 number to him and he said this was
> the upper range for me as I had no certifications. We chatted some more and
> I come out it feeling like I need to gather as many certs as possible to
> "get paid". Can y'all enlighten me on pricing and this certification
> quandry I seem to be in?
>
>
> Thanx in adavance,
> -Jim "Buddha" McMorris
> Jack of alot of trades...Master of none
>
> PS: Please re-broadcast the particulars on this friday's meeting. Thanx.
>
>
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