Posted by HiTech Recruiter on December 18, 1998 at 13:06:51:
In Reply to: Basic learning suggestion posted by Joel Sommer on December 16, 1998 at 14:44:16:
Joel,
I don't envy you at all! A marketing person always has a tough time communicating with a technical buyer. Technical buyers expect the marketing person to know every possible flavor of even the most niche of technologies.
As a recruiter, I too have similar challenges. Candidates & clients expect me to know lots more about technology than I could ever possibly know. Here are two tools I use to help me keep up with technology:
Tool #1 - A huge technical terms dictionary. In fact, my technical dictionary is on CDRom and it's updated quarterly by the vendor. When someone mentions a term I don't understand, I head straight for my technical dictionary.
Tool #2 - Friendly consultants. Over the years, I've assembled a "virtual" army of friendly consultants that I can call on to help me understand a candidate or client request for my services. I have friends that I can call on regarding operating systems, new database technologies, the internet, etc.
Technology with always change. You can't possibly know it all. Help your customers and prospects by using your resources wisely!
HiTech Recruiter
: I work as an account manager for an ISP. I specialize in dedicated connections such as ISDN, T1, Frame Relay, and DS3's. I am wanting to learn more technical aspects of software programming basics in order to become more "verse" while on client sites. Is there one language that is more predominant than others that would be a good stepping stone to learn, ie, Unix?