Originally posted by kireol teveril:
I'm wondering what skills pay the most right now.
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
Out of clutter, find Simplicity. <br />From discord, find Harmony. <br />In the middle of difficulty lies Opportunity. - ALBERT EINSTEIN
Most of the programming problems can't be solved because you don't know what the exact problem is.
Defining your problem correctly leads you to the right solution.
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
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Good presentation skills, communication (oral and written), team work, ability to sell. ...
--Mark
Originally posted by S. Palanigounder:
Soft skills reward much more than the APIs.
MH
Originally posted by Arjun Shastry:
It can't be generalized.... But yes,without soft skills you can't go ahead in cutomer centric projects.
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
Sales people are typically some of the highest paid people in a company, as they can be tied directly to revenue.
Someone who has both sales skills and engineering skills will be in very high demand and well compensated in a role that uses both.
--Mark
I want to be like marc
Originally posted by Arvind Birla:
Then why isn't everyone doing it? I don't mean to ask that in an slighting way. What is it about sales that discourages so many people from making a career out of it?
Then why isn't everyone doing it? I don't mean to ask that in an slighting way. What is it about sales that discourages so many people from making a career out of it?
Originally posted by Arvind Birla:
Then why isn't everyone doing it? I don't mean to ask that in an slighting way. What is it about sales that discourages so many people from making a career out of it?
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
What tends to pay the most? like general java. or j2ee?
Originally posted by James Ellis:
A knowledge of Java/J2EE in general is definitely required...but on top of that...the best way to be highly paid is to have the general knowledge, combined with VERY in-depth knowledge of a COTS product (SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle Financials, WebSphere Portal).
Originally posted by S. Palanigounder:
But the demands for COTS is low compared to general J2EE plus some open source frameworks.
Again, the most compensated skills are soft skills beside talking and writing:
Know your boss' birthday, sports, foods, habits, ...;
Remember the names of co-workers' spouse and children;
Remember the names of people in different departments even you just met them once;
Always smile even when you are unhappy;
Always dress nicely.
Do something to improve if you are not good looking.
Originally posted by Henry Wong:
That's your definitive list of soft skills? Sounds like a character right out of the stepford wives to me....
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
Soft skills are... Being able to understand what your clients (colleagues, customers, management, etc.) are talking about, and wants. Able to talk with your clients, so that you can understand what they are talking about and wants. And this is more than just translations -- as clients many times, don't know what they want.
Being able to present ideas. Being able to organize and sell ideas. Being able to anticipate ideas. Able to brainstorm when necessary. Able to facilitate or moderate when necessary. Able to be "devils advocate" when necessary. And yes, being able to be "cheerleader" when necessary. etc.
... good at kissing arse.
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