Is there any money in being a Network Guru?

I was just wondering where the money is made these days...

Programming can be shipped to Asia
Selling hardware seems to have minimal/zero profit margins
Every monkey and his dog is building websites.

Could a man with some talent make decent money from knowing his onions as
far as networks are concerned?

(Not that I'm any good, but I have time and a desire to learn)

Just pondering whilst I finish a fine bottle of Cava.

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uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "Steve Olive"
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>Could a man with some talent make decent money from knowing his onions as
>far as networks are concerned?

I expect so. Plenty of people now have home networks (or rather, would like
home networks), and wireless is commonplace. Thing is, not many people know
how to set it all up right. In the last 12 months I've wirelessly networked
three houses and wired and wirelessly networked a small business. I didn't
charge anything (the business was a charity and the homes were friends), but
there is clearly demand.

I'd imagine there is a market, but whether there's a market in your area, is
another matter.

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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Steve Olive
says...
> I was just wondering where the money is made these days...
>
> Programming can be shipped to Asia
> Selling hardware seems to have minimal/zero profit margins
> Every monkey and his dog is building websites.
>
> Could a man with some talent make decent money from knowing his onions as
> far as networks are concerned?
>
The money is in new business startups where you can sell and install a
full solution. They've got bags of money/grants, want the
biggest/fastest everything and are still excited about the new
business.

Helps if you can find a muppet to do the cabling for you. Saves you
doing the shit work crawling through narrow access spaces etc.


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"Conor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) t...
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Steve Olive
> says...
>> I was just wondering where the money is made these days...
>>
>> Programming can be shipped to Asia
>> Selling hardware seems to have minimal/zero profit margins
>> Every monkey and his dog is building websites.
>>
>> Could a man with some talent make decent money from knowing his onions as
>> far as networks are concerned?
>>
> The money is in new business startups where you can sell and install a
> full solution. They've got bags of money/grants, want the
> biggest/fastest everything and are still excited about the new
> business.
>
> Helps if you can find a muppet to do the cabling for you. Saves you
> doing the shit work crawling through narrow access spaces etc.
>

I work for a medium sized company who offer network/IT solutions and my time
gets charged out at £750 a day (plus VAT). This is for installing servers,
setting up MS Exchange etc etc.

"Rob Walker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newshIyg.108816$(E-Mail Removed) .uk...

> I work for a medium sized company who offer network/IT solutions and my
> time gets charged out at £750 a day (plus VAT). This is for installing
> servers, setting up MS Exchange etc etc.

Technical Support used to be a well paid job, manned by knowledgeable
people, but these days, anyone who can read a computer screen, and install
AOL is employed, undermining the genuine professional's ability to command a
sensible salary.

I wouldn't look at your job/income as secure, at least not long term.

The local college in my locality is offering an ICT technician's role at
less then £12k a year, but want someone who knows web site design, PHP,
Exchange, hardware/software maintenance/installation, and TCP/IP networking.

Of course, someone will take the job on, which in turn will allow the
college to lower wages for future IT positions.

Steve Olive wrote:
> I was just wondering where the money is made these days...
>
> Programming can be shipped to Asia
> Selling hardware seems to have minimal/zero profit margins
> Every monkey and his dog is building websites.
>
> Could a man with some talent make decent money from knowing his
> onions as far as networks are concerned?
>
The CCIEs we employ would agree that you can.
Hell , I've just got a CCNA and MCSE and do OK for myself

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In article <phIyg.108816$(E-Mail Removed)> , Rob
Walker says...

> I work for a medium sized company who offer network/IT solutions and my time
> gets charged out at £750 a day (plus VAT). This is for installing servers,
> setting up MS Exchange etc etc.
>
That's where the money is - not in installing cabling.


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Conor

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On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 19:45:35 +0100, Conor <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote the following to uk.comp.home-networking:

> In article <phIyg.108816$(E-Mail Removed)> , Rob
> Walker says...
>
>> I work for a medium sized company who offer network/IT solutions and my time
>> gets charged out at £750 a day (plus VAT). This is for installing servers,
>> setting up MS Exchange etc etc.
>>
> That's where the money is - not in installing cabling.

Not to mention network design. Work has contracts on some of the biggest IT
projects in the UK and there's never a shortage of jobs available for people
who can design networks even without having to wire cables and install
hardware and software. A lot of server builds are done with something like
Ghost, and they still need someone to write DDDs and other technical
documents.

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Rob Walker wrote:
>
> I work for a medium sized company who offer network/IT solutions and
> my time gets charged out at £750 a day (plus VAT). This is for
> installing servers, setting up MS Exchange etc etc.

Yep. I cost people £800+VAT a day for network and wireless installations
which lots of companies are more than willing to pay.
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> "Rob Walker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newshIyg.108816$(E-Mail Removed) .uk...
>
>> I work for a medium sized company who offer network/IT solutions and my
>> time gets charged out at £750 a day (plus VAT). This is for installing
>> servers, setting up MS Exchange etc etc.
>
> Technical Support used to be a well paid job, manned by knowledgeable
> people, but these days, anyone who can read a computer screen, and install
> AOL is employed, undermining the genuine professional's ability to command
> a sensible salary.
>
> I wouldn't look at your job/income as secure, at least not long term.
>
> The local college in my locality is offering an ICT technician's role at
> less then £12k a year, but want someone who knows web site design, PHP,
> Exchange, hardware/software maintenance/installation, and TCP/IP
> networking.
>
> Of course, someone will take the job on, which in turn will allow the
> college to lower wages for future IT positions.

I Didn't say I earnt anywhere near that :-) The company's been in existance
for 25 years, we're good at what we do, and business is increasing. We're
also not the most expensive either.