It’s always fun to be quoted on major sites and magazines. Most recently, I was quoted in Monster.com’s Technology Section for an article entitled: Six Must-Have IT Skills for Techies by Allan Hoffman
The Bonus Skill
There’s one intangible that employers increasingly look for: Passion. That means conveying your excitement about the broad technology landscape and that you can see beyond your own sphere of the IT world, as well as your flexibility, desire and ability to explore new fields of technical knowledge when needed.
“Are you passionate about technology?” asks Jon Henshaw, Internet strategist for software firm Sitening. “If you don’t use RSS to track 20-plus techie blog/news sources, we worry about your dedication to Web development.”
Likewise, Henshaw’s company seeks techies who can do multiple things well. “If you only program in one language and you aren’t interested in other languages and/or frameworks, apply somewhere else,” he says.