How to Not Get an IT Job: 10 Tips
Sep 17, 2008, 22:31 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by James Maguire)
"4) Project a sense of the lone individual.
"IT staffers are famously perceived as techie geeks whose heads
are buried in arcane tech knowledge. The stereotype says they have
compensated for lack of social skills by becoming experts in an
absurdly complex area. Consequently, they’re glint-eyed
loners who know only how to twist the dials."
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