"I have now got a decent summer job via some contacts."
I agree, THIS is what really matters; not so much age or experience...in high school, you need some one to "get you in." All it takes is one. Just go to someone who you think might need some help with something on their home computer, and if you do it, they'll tell 2 friends, and then they'll tell their 2 friends, and so on, and so on, and so on...
Anyway, my story is one day I was over at my friend's house. Her dad didn't really know his way around windows... He wanted to get rid of AIM, because his daughter put it on the computer and he didn't like it. I just removed it real quick and he thought I was a genius or something??... I came over a few more times and gave him a few basic tutorials and presto! He mentioned me to some of his friends, who, like him, didn't know where to start. Now I work in his office helping him and his friends out on their home and work computers...
I'll admit it... I'm not a guru at anything in any way, but I do have an interest in computers, and if you can find that hook-up, that's all it takes...
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I agree, THIS is what really matters; not so much age or experience...in high school, you need some one to "get you in." All it takes is one. Just go to someone who you think might need some help with something on their home computer, and if you do it, they'll tell 2 friends, and then they'll tell their 2 friends, and so on, and so on, and so on...
Anyway, my story is one day I was over at my friend's house. Her dad didn't really know his way around windows... He wanted to get rid of AIM, because his daughter put it on the computer and he didn't like it. I just removed it real quick and he thought I was a genius or something??... I came over a few more times and gave him a few basic tutorials and presto! He mentioned me to some of his friends, who, like him, didn't know where to start. Now I work in his office helping him and his friends out on their home and work computers...
I'll admit it... I'm not a guru at anything in any way, but I do have an interest in computers, and if you can find that hook-up, that's all it takes...
Oh, and the pay's not bad...not bad at all :)