Comments on: Realistic Character Occupations: My Experience as a Computer Technician https://writershelpingwriters.net/realistic-character-occupations-my-experience-as-a-computer-technician/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Thu, 29 Apr 2021 15:12:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/realistic-character-occupations-my-experience-as-a-computer-technician/#comment-698660 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 15:12:02 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?page_id=39370#comment-698660 In reply to Mark Stevenson.

My husband used to do this years ago and 100% agrees. I think when people know you fix computer problems, it’s very much like when they discover someone is a doctor and so they want to pick the person’s brain. It might not be the time or place, or the person may not want to talk about work, but this doesn’t really occur to the person asking the questions…

]]> By: Mark Stevenson https://writershelpingwriters.net/realistic-character-occupations-my-experience-as-a-computer-technician/#comment-698479 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 02:18:53 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?page_id=39370#comment-698479 “Sometimes people are happy to see you (like when you bring them new equipment or something they wanted), but very often you only interact with someone who’s already having a bad day: something’s broken, and they’re unhappy about it. And any time someone finds out you know something about computers, they want you to diagnose and fix their technology woes.”

That part is very much my job. I am a level 3 tech and my official position is Desktop Support Analyst Level 3. I prepare laptops for employees and contractors, load software, deploy them to the end user,help them set up their email and chats, reset passwords, remote on to fix issues, reimage computers, take down and set up equipment, set up company iPhones, respond to chats and email appropriately. So the above is very much part of what I do.

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