Skills of the Trade

In my pursuit of learning skills in the field of technology I have been quite fortunate, many opportunities to become an asset to this community have come my way. Most people I talk to think I have been at it for a few years, yet this is simply not the case, before Jan. 21st 2015 I had absolutely no I.T. knowledge. To put this into perspective I could barely even use a computer before, but I was drawn to the field for it's potential as a Career. In 9 months I have had some of the greatest experiences with learning technology, I have actually developed real skills that could in fact set me apart from "more experienced" I.T. individuals.

Those of you who know me might have expected this, but I am going to show one of my skills in this blog. I enjoy all my Networking classes at MATC and I hope to develop further in that area as my primary goal, however my job at UBreakIFix Milwaukee has allowed another type of skill to fall upon me. Many in the I.T. Department would consider this to be an IT Support skill-set, that is, my ability to essentially Tear Down Computing hardware. Support itself would describe about 50% of what we do, the other half would be in Business/Sales, a great balance, but that I will talk about that another time.

To the point I suppose, I'm not here to talk about my entire story, that will be saved for some other time. I stated above that my job is in Hardware, well that is a broad spectrum, and sure from my standpoint all computing hardware is the same at some level, however I primarily fix smartphones and tablets. In today's society mobile devices are becoming increasingly more popular, the fact I am able to be at the heart of this change will provide me with useful skills for my future career.

Technology is so interesting, new devices are created every day, and people using them increases as well. At my job one of the best perks as an IT enthusiast and life learner is the fact I get to see all the latest and greatest tech that comes out! This is where it gets a little rough though, because I fix these devices, meaning that they usually come in pretty broken. Lucky for me this iPhone 6s came in with no physical damage, unlucky for the customer it was submerged in water...It was a very fun tear-down, with only a few design changes from the regular 6, though software is a whole different matter.


Enjoy the pictures for what they're worth, it was a pretty easy phone to work on even with Apple's little tricks included. Over all I'd give it a 5/10 on difficulty but it is a nice piece of tech, with all the new features I am excited to get one myself. Check us out on Google, UBREAKIFIX on the East Side of Milwaukee.