[net.social] selling oneself

colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (06/29/85)

[The things _we_ take for granted never escape _his_ keen eye!]

> I disagree.  I want technical people who are competent and who are
> reasonably articulate, but if they need to ``sell themselves'' in order
> to be appreciated and utilized, I'm failing in my job as a manager.

You're different.  Most managers _are_ failing in their jobs as managers.

>                                                                      And
> if they have a salesman-like mentality, I'll likely not hire them no
> matter how technically competent they are.

This may be a slur on professional salesmen.  But selling somebody else's
products for a living is bound to warp one's attitudes.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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