Hi all! I picked up a part time job as “computer support” a few months ago and have since found myself doing a lot more than anticipated. I handle installation and maintenance of Burglar systems, access control, video surveillance, network systems, POS workstations, VoIP, and payment terminals. I took the job with no “formal” education in tech. My “trainer” at the company was a joke, I basically taught myself everything. What do you think would be a reasonable hourly pay for such a person?

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You can always apply for another job and see how much thy pay to get a good estimate. Besides jumping jobs is the best way to get 10-20% pay hike

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Then prepare a daily note of all the tasks you do above and beyond kinda like a report and then approach your manager with those asking for a payhike, best case thy might get to 25/hr and say will do it annually maybe

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I'm not sure, I know when I used to do these gigs on Field Nation, they paid between 45 and 65 an hour.

This is about how much my company would pay as well.

I maintain about 15 stores, sometimes more if my “trainer” who is FT “can’t get to it”. They give me a service truck, gas paid, etc. but I feel like I’m kinda getting shafted a bit for the work I do, the bosses tell me I do significantly better work than my “trainer” and the clown who had a bachelors in computer tech, who had this job before me. But I’m still hovering at $20 an hour.

My FT job is civil service, great pay, benefits, pension. My goal is to work at the PT job for a few years (because nobody would even look at my application because I don’t have college level courses in IT) to gain some experience and find a gov’t job in IT.

You don't need college level education or even IT certifications to get a official IT job. The experience you already have is enough but take some IT courses to know how corporate IT works.
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