What's the difference between a Computer Technician and a Computer Network Technican?

Tijuana Tatsak: Well, to piggyback on the previous person's answer, he was pretty dead on, however Making money at Microsoft is pretty relative, yeah you get P$id, but you are still not making as much as the entry-level programmers there, so its a little perspective.Depending on where you live, or where you job is at and experience, mid-level network techs make about 41,000/ year, not to say that if you have more certifications and education that would not be higher.A typical network tech's day involves troubleshooting cables with time domain reflectometers for fiber, flukes for copper, and a firebird for everything in between, installing cables, and monitoring network activity using servers and packet sniffers. Some even go into systems administration and overlap jobs with PC techs and tend to have similar roles, depending on the company. Network design and security is also a part of the job, as well as keeping up with vendors on the latest and greatest to make sure that! newer technology may meet the needs of the customer....Show more

Mee Blumenfeld: One would be working on network problems (Like the people who hook up internet and troubleshoot internet) and just a normal computer tech would be making computers, giving people advice, and possibly writing programs.

Shamika Schools: Computer technicians are general technicians, they can fix anything on the computer.Network technicians are specialized only in the network of a computer and advanced problems, They can fix internet, ip's, and everything that has to do with internet and connecting.If they work for microsost, they make alot of $$...Show more