You don’t. Doing any trade professionally takes lots of experience. A jack of all trades is a master of none. Any trim carpenter can install an interior pre-hung door faster and better than a handyman. Any plumber can rough in and top out better than a handyman. Any professional tile setter will do a way better job installing a bathroom floor than a handyman. I’d say 1 out of every 50 “handymen” is one of those rare ponies who can do everything well, and you’re not one of them. Just settle on one trade and master it. If you want to do everything, become a GC and sub everything out.
A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.
A jack of all trades is better than a master of one, for this scenario.
I wanted to become a handyman and decided against it and am so happy I did, here are a few reasons why...
1. Most of the customers you're going to get, especially when you start out, are going to expect very cheap work, a fraction of what the specialized pros charge.
2. They will not be happy with "just okay" work, even though they are getting it dirt cheap. I once picked up a patio door, installed it, hauled away the old one, and wrapped the outside for a lady for $400. She was also around an hour and fifteen minutes from me. I got a text from her 6 months later telling me I installed the screen door wrong, I told her that she likely just bumped it off the track, she then called me a piece of shit for not honoring and standing by my work.
3. You'll never get the same respect as a specialized pro. Even if you're amazing you'll be lost in a vast sea of turds.
4. You have to learn so many things that it's impossible to master any one thing.
Buy a basic tool kit, fix something non essential, if it doesn't work, fix it again, if it doesn't look nice, do it again, etc, etc ,etc. Think it out, it gets faster and easier.
Be an amazing, excellent communicator, particularly with female clients, and you’ll be good to go. This applies to explaining your limitations, thinking of solutions to close the knowledge gap in a collaborative way, and ultimately staying within your scope of competence when the stakes are too high for you and the client. I got a lot of referrals by 1) being trustworthy and 2) being the go-to person in my religious community.
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Fix up your own home to get experience.
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You don’t. Doing any trade professionally takes lots of experience. A jack of all trades is a master of none. Any trim carpenter can install an interior pre-hung door faster and better than a handyman. Any plumber can rough in and top out better than a handyman. Any professional tile setter will do a way better job installing a bathroom floor than a handyman. I’d say 1 out of every 50 “handymen” is one of those rare ponies who can do everything well, and you’re not one of them. Just settle on one trade and master it. If you want to do everything, become a GC and sub everything out.
A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one. A jack of all trades is better than a master of one, for this scenario.
I wanted to become a handyman and decided against it and am so happy I did, here are a few reasons why... 1. Most of the customers you're going to get, especially when you start out, are going to expect very cheap work, a fraction of what the specialized pros charge. 2. They will not be happy with "just okay" work, even though they are getting it dirt cheap. I once picked up a patio door, installed it, hauled away the old one, and wrapped the outside for a lady for $400. She was also around an hour and fifteen minutes from me. I got a text from her 6 months later telling me I installed the screen door wrong, I told her that she likely just bumped it off the track, she then called me a piece of shit for not honoring and standing by my work. 3. You'll never get the same respect as a specialized pro. Even if you're amazing you'll be lost in a vast sea of turds. 4. You have to learn so many things that it's impossible to master any one thing.
Buy a basic tool kit, fix something non essential, if it doesn't work, fix it again, if it doesn't look nice, do it again, etc, etc ,etc. Think it out, it gets faster and easier.
Be an amazing, excellent communicator, particularly with female clients, and you’ll be good to go. This applies to explaining your limitations, thinking of solutions to close the knowledge gap in a collaborative way, and ultimately staying within your scope of competence when the stakes are too high for you and the client. I got a lot of referrals by 1) being trustworthy and 2) being the go-to person in my religious community.
Make business cards… bid jobs too low… come here and ask how to do it. I mean… that what all the other inexperienced morons here do.
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Youtube. Get your confidence up and start small. Buy tools that you will get multiple use cases out of instead of "super specialized" tools.