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This chapter will explore the different aspects of the support person’s work ethic that are conducive to a successful career in technical support. It will also give advice on the ideal principles and behaviors that make the support person’s interactions with colleagues, management, and customers productive and as free of friction as possible. The advice will be limited to professional topics within the technical support realm. Specifically, this first chapter includes material on creating a dynamic career in technical support, the concept of troubleshooting, initiative, specializing and what it takes to keep your job and much more

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  1. Bill Huber, “Identifying the Value of Vendor Support,” Rock Products, November 2006, 12.

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Jeffrey Pepper Clay Andres Steve Anglin Mark Beckner Ewan Buckingham Gary Cornell Jonathan Gennick Jonathan Hassell Michelle Lowman Matthew Moodie Duncan Parkes Jeffrey Pepper Frank Pohlmann Douglas Pundick Ben Renow-Clarke Dominic Shakeshaft Matt Wade Tom Welsh Jim Markham Katie Stence

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Sanchez, A.R. (2009). Your Work Ethic. In: Pepper, J., et al. Technical Support Essentials. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-2548-5_1

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