seth delconte (3/29/2012)
I think we all have to swallow our pride and admit we don't and can't know everything - it is humbling when you can't answer an interview question - but everything really is just 'a google away.' If you take every moment of ignorance as an opportunity to do a quick google to at least understand the basic premise, you'll be constantly adding to your knowledge arsenal.With that being said, I do believe it's necessary (if only for the sake of looking smart and confident in interviews and to your peers) to memorize certain items - the ACID acronym and concept, for example. Even if you only have a surface understanding of a concept, you look much smarter if you can rattle off that basic concept with alacrity.
With THAT being said, you also have to have a thick skin, and be confident in your intelligence and abilities. Don't let anyone make you feel dumb just because you can't rattle off certain buzzwords. Confidence is much more important than performance in most cases, I think.
Yea definately, I totally agree. I KNOW I don't know everything. I didn't mean to say that I don't know what ACID means or stands for but I just meant that in my day to day work I am not specifically thinking of gee is what I'm doing adhering fully to ACID?
Yea I think I'm good about faking the thick skin thing outwardly but inside it still bugs me. I think the only reason I'm annoyed by this is because the recruiter puffed me up so much and made this huge big deal about how I'd be the most senior person on their team and because I want so much money they are going to expect me to be some mega guru. So, they like built me up and I felt like I really had to impress this guy so he doesn't walk away thinking "what the hell she's not what they said".
I did make sure I told him though that I'm incredibly resourceful and if I don't know how to do something I will figure it out or look it up. I may not know syntax for everything but I know what I'm looking for. I didn't mean for this to be a "poor me" thread or I'm deflated by it...but just looking for feedback... if I should be able to rattle off these deeply technical questions then I suppose I should be brushing up more! 😀