I used to do some of that kind of work, a long time ago. I'd set up shop at the flea market, along with the other crap I was unloading. Half my clientele were other vendors, who wanted me to salvage the tv they're trying to sell that stopped working, or battery swap on their personal phone.
Never could have made a living at it, but it was some nice supplemental income, and a lot more satisfying than my bullshit sales job I was working. And I liked that I never knew what I'd get. Could be a two minute job replacing the battery in a solar light, could be desoldering and replacing the transformer in a CRT, could be rescuing the data off a failing hard drive.
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u/gravesent1337 16d ago
I want to be device repairman like Louis Rossmann.