Hello - I work in HW/SW technical support for a large consulting firm and I am looking at either moving over into consulting here or moving into a Sales Engineer role at a smaller company. I would prefer to be client-facing rather than coding behind the scenes, but want to ensure that I have a good grasp of relevant technical knowledge.
My background consists of sales and marketing, field engineering, and some web development in addition to tech support. I'm looking to pursue some training in order to get some programming background and to strengthen my Web tech knowledge, which is mostly HTML/CSS/JavaScript-based.
I'm considering the following and am wondering if those out there can recommend training that might provide some good background for these types of jobs. Also if you know of any great training facilities in or around San Francisco please let me know.
Thoughts I've had are ASP.NET, .NET, Java, XML, VBScript, C#, C++, JSP
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
Maryann
My background consists of sales and marketing, field engineering, and some web development in addition to tech support. I'm looking to pursue some training in order to get some programming background and to strengthen my Web tech knowledge, which is mostly HTML/CSS/JavaScript-based.
I'm considering the following and am wondering if those out there can recommend training that might provide some good background for these types of jobs. Also if you know of any great training facilities in or around San Francisco please let me know.
Thoughts I've had are ASP.NET, .NET, Java, XML, VBScript, C#, C++, JSP
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
Maryann
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Re: Training suggestions
Thu, March 31, 2005 - 12:46 PMIf you are simply going into sales and marketing, I am not sure you need to get into the syntax of coding. I would think that you have a decent amount of training, and that you may want to take an overview type of class, if they exist. Something that would give you a high level look at programming, instead of something that will show you the details of programming.
If you still choose to go into a more detailed class, I would suggest VB .NET, as it is easy. My next one would be C# or Java, as they are pretty common, and closer to what most programmers like to (or do) use. ASP .NET is not really a language, as you can code for an ASP .NET web application using VB .NET, C#, J#, and maybe a few other languages.
If you are serious about marketing and sales, and not afraid of cold calling, I am looking for an aggressive sales / marketing person. Anyone with a decent technical background and strong sales skills would be an excellent candidate for me. If you are interested, let me know, and we will talk. -
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Re: Training suggestions
Wed, March 15, 2006 - 12:43 PMMaryann, what happened? Did you end up getting training in one or more of these?
Originally I was of the opinion that MOST certifications were money making scams for the companies sponsoring them. Especially the Microsoft certifications, for one, because they require continual renewal by adding one or more new disciplines as they "age". No other type of "degree equivalent" training prior to that time required anything similar, or so I thought.
Once you achieve a Bachelor's Degree, it is yours for life. Right? But in my naive days (more than 10 years ago) I failed to consider that even people with B.S. degrees need to continually renew their knowledge of subjects in their discipline. How does this happen? By working? By taking additional courses? At what cost?
So these days my attitude is GET CERTIFIED in something! Anything! Even if you are not planning on using the certification, or if a good employment opportunity that not requiring I.T. certification comes along when you are within months of finishing. Just finish it.
If only I could have forseen the future and taken my own (now) advice back then!
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