Interview with Alex.
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My name is Alex Aliador Escobar
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How long have you been working in this place?
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I've been working here about 2 years.
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And your work is repair?
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No, it's mainly assembling computers. Some practice in circuit repair.
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Little by little we're learning to repair circuits.
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But I mainly work assembling PCs.
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Where did you learn this profession?
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I began watching, observing. I don't have a formal or professional education.
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You learned alone or with a friend?
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I've always received support, friends who teach you to install.
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And little by little, by observing, I'd learn out of curiosity.
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And when you have a doubt?
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I sometimes check online.
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But I mainly ask someone with experience, so that that person with experience can explain me something I don't know.
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Those people work here?
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Yes.
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Is there much comradery amongst the people? Do you support each other?
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Yes, we are united, we help each other out when there are questions or doubts.
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When you repair computers or circuits, do you need pieces from other PCs? Are those part used? Where do you get them from?
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We mainly purchase them at a discount from people who won't need those parts, and like that we can repair or identify the fault in the particular device and then resell it.
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What do you think of this sentence: I find value in used parts of computers. Would you agree?
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Yes, I agree because used parts can be re-used. We mainly work with new pieces rather than old ones.
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What do you prefer repairing?
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Motherboards mainly. Hard disks a little.
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What's the most difficult for you to fix?
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The most difficult to repair is a server or a video.
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I see you have a welding machine?
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Yes, this is to apply heat in order to extract the pieces from the circuit.
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And then we change the part and weld the new part.
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With which machine do you weld?
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This is a heating machine, which we use to heat up the connection in order to extract or re-install a component.
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Are you from Lima?
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No, I'm from the province.
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De Guancairo.
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I've been here about 10 years, and 2 years working in computing.
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Do you return often?
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Yes, every now and then, to visit my parents.
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Do people ask you to assist them with repairs or do they let you rest?
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Yes, they always wonder how I learned. They think I studied a career and all.
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But in reality, I learned by watching.
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How did you begin with reparation and this job?
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I first learned to install, which is the first step.
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Then once I knew that, I'd come over here to look at how they'd change the parts and repair and all.
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Has this professional world changed your life?
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I used to lead a disordered life,
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and then when I started to work here it's changed a lot.
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I'm different. Now I have my children and all.
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So I'm doing well now. I have what I want, for my children and for my family.
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I've changed a lot. Before I have a very disordered life.
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And now, thanks to this work, I stand where I stand today.
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Many people see the world as something destroyed, in some way broken. Be it due to environmental impacts, or violence. Do you think this broken world can be repaired?
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It can be fixed.
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There is a lot of violence in this world, but it can be fixed, along with all the other problems that exist.
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Anything else you'd like to exist based on your experience as an electronics professional?
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Let me give you one piece of advice:
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There are many people like me who have had a disordered life, but you must push forward, try to work, and as the years pass you gain experience.
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I know there are many like myself, and I wish they can do what I'm doing, working, and not injuring anyone or taking anything away from them.
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I wish them all the best.
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Thank you.
