New Job!

Good Day to all,
As of the 30th of March I finally got another day job! Currently I'm a computer repair tech for a local shop here in Norfolk, VA. Funny thing how I came about this job, I lost my day job back in Sept. I've always had little side jobs here and there to help make ends meet but still I needed something steady. I'd applied for various IT help desk jobs in the Hampton Roads area. With every call I made and resume I sent up no luck. Every one just wanted me to have a cert in something. I thought since I had the experience that was just as good, WRONG! One day while getting my hair braided at a local shop I asked my braider how was the PC repair guy round the corner doing, she stated business was good but he needed help. To much work not enough hrs in the day to do it. When she was done I swung by his shop and grabbed a flyer. A week later I gave him a ring to see if I could help. He told me to bring a pencil and paper next week and he'd give me a little test to see how much I knew. Automatically I thought "man cram session again!". When I came in That Monday He set me in front of a desktop and said "Let me know what's wrong with it and then fix it". In my head I thought "Yes finally the brake I needed". My trial by fire was done in under 45min. Needles to say I got the job, and kept fixing boxes for the rest of that day. At the end of the day he'd thanked me & paid me. I was just happy that someone gave me a chance. I'm still studying for my certs to have the paperwork behind my experience. The moral here is practise your craft as much as possible you never know when someone will test what you know!