“Can you fix this….?”
Your typical “computer person” if they have 5 minutes in the industry or 5 years, ends up being first line tech support for their family, friends, and even friends of friends. That is if they let it get there. Unfortunately this can be a “damned if you do damned if you don’t situation”. If I say no I am mean because I can help but won’t if I say yes I am working for free for a long time. Niether is fair to me but that’s how it gets seen.Now because of the diversity of my friends I will reply, “Hey can I have hours of free legal advice?” or “You’re a dentist I’ll trade you the perfect smile for a virus free machine.” That usually gets folks to an understanding of what they are asking.So before you ask anyone for computer help remember they are doing you a hug favor….There’s a who thread on it at Reddit- http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/ards1/why_i_dont_fix_computers_for_free_and_you_can_too/Read through that it’s TOO TRUE!Until next time.