10/03/2024
I want to thank all my customers for the past 13 years, but it's finally time for me to close my IT business in pursuit of more viable work.
Inspired by the 2001 film 'Antitrust', I decided before leaving High school to pursue a career in IT. At the time, there was no programming apprenticeship courses in Northumberland, so I went into IT support. Working initially at Wansbeck District Council, then merging into Northumberland County Council, I learnt the basics of desktop computing, working on printers, servers and helpdesk applications.
Knowing my IT contract was coming to an end, I was the final candidate at an interview at The King Edward VI School in Morpeth, at age 17. The staff and students there were great, and I learnt to work on laptops, servers and networking.
Naturally, working in IT, you pick up IT customers outside of employment, and so I decided if I was going to pay taxes, I might as well advertise my IT work. In April 2011, I officially opened MJB Computer Support. After quitting my job at KEVI in November 2012, my IT customers substitued my other income for just under 13 years. My official invoice counter hit over 1200 seperate IT jobs working for people at home or their businesses. Desktop, laptop, printer and network repairs became the norm, working briefly on mobile phones and tablets.
After spending more than half my life in IT, it's time for me to more actively promote my Private Hire Taxi business. So for the foreseeable future, it's farewell and thank you for the support.
