The honest answer: faster than you think for basic repairs, and longer than you hope for advanced work. What determines your speed is practice frequency and access to feedback — not natural talent.
A realistic progression
- Weeks 1-2: safe disassembly, tools, ESD, first battery and screen swaps
- Weeks 3-6: repeatable screens, ports, back glass, confident testing
- Weeks 7-10: diagnostics, tablets, harder models, faster bench times
- Weeks 11-13: real customers, pricing, marketing, and steady workflow
What slows people down
Learning out of order, practicing rarely, having no one to ask when a repair fails, and never setting a deadline. Most people who quit did not lack ability — they lacked structure.
What speeds people up
A weekly plan, tasks with due dates, live help each week, and other people going through the same thing at the same time. That is the entire design of our 90-day program — and why students take paid work inside a single quarter.
