Josh Hodgson entered Colorado Mesa University in search of a career working with computers. Hodgson started out as a computer science before learning that there was a better major for him to pursue: computer information systems for business.
“It will help me gain experience with upper division companies such as Google or Facebook when it comes to solving issues with their programs and where errors come up,” Hodgson said. “Then they can have me on call so I can go on in and help to fix those problems.”
However, while working for a company like Google or Facebook would be one career option, it is another opportunity that intrigued Hodgson following his switching of majors.
“Hopefully [my major] will help me in my start up business that I am doing with my friend [Rob Helkey],” Hodgson said.
H&H Elite PC’s is its name, and building computers is their game.
“What we are doing is we are gathering a certain amount of parts and then we are going to add an operating system to it,” Hodgson said. “We are starting our own custom brand and logo and we are going to sell computers for a better price to offer to people rather than going straight to somewhere like Asus where you have to buy a computer from them and then you look at the specs and they are not really worth it.”
Building computers from scratch is no ordinary task. It takes a lot of knowledge on not just what goes into the computer, but the different specs and smaller details that an average person wouldn’t know. However, having built his own already, Hodgson has the knowledge to build these types of computers.
“I just built mine last night and it is a beauty if I do say so myself,” Hodgson said. “Building this computer, I had a decently large case. The case showed up first in the mail. So, once I got it I opened it up and I got the case ready. I took out all the parts I didn’t need, I took off the panels and then the parts came in a couple hours later and I busted out all the parts. And then I had to put all the memory on the mother board, I had to put the chip set in, install the mother board in the case, get the water block cooling on, install the radiator. It [was] just insanity but it is beautiful at the same time. It takes approximately an hour to two hours to do a good job.”
Hodgson’s love for computers was passed on down to him through his family, and he hopes that this business will continue their legacy.
“My dad is really big in computers, he does jobs in them, and my grandpa was really big into computers when he was in the Air Force as well,” Hodgson said. “So, I kind of just wanted to keep the line going a little bit there.”
