Comments on: 3 Geek Business Myths http://www.robertoalamos.com/3-geek-business-myths Discover business opportunities on Internet. Advice to leverage the abundance of the net. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:07:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Roberto http://www.robertoalamos.com/3-geek-business-myths#comment-736 Roberto Sun, 27 May 2007 06:51:52 +0000 http://www.robertoalamos.com/3-geek-business-myths#comment-736 I believe that geeks are just too introverted and too shy. That's a consequence of the nature of our work: being seated in front of a computer for most of the time, doing things with other computers. But ultimately this hate relation with marketing or management is up to every geek, and some of them not even don't hate them but are tremendously able with "business tasks" (Bill Gates the best example?). I believe that geeks are just too introverted and too shy. That’s a consequence of the nature of our work: being seated in front of a computer for most of the time, doing things with other computers.

But ultimately this hate relation with marketing or management is up to every geek, and some of them not even don’t hate them but are tremendously able with “business tasks” (Bill Gates the best example?).

]]> By: A.M.Sall http://www.robertoalamos.com/3-geek-business-myths#comment-577 A.M.Sall Mon, 14 May 2007 18:04:50 +0000 http://www.robertoalamos.com/3-geek-business-myths#comment-577 Geeks are very much like "my own people", i.e. freelance translators. They hate to market themselves, they even seem to "despise" marketers and marketing. Maybe they are just too introverted, or too shy :-). They seem to believe that since they are so good at what they do, the world should know it, without them having to "sell themselves". As a 30+ year veteran freelance translator, I was so shocked by this situation that I decided to start the "Translator Power" blog and its companion website - to advise freelance translators/interpreters on how to market their services and behave as full-blown entrepreneurs. Geeks are very much like “my own people”, i.e. freelance translators. They hate to market themselves, they even seem to “despise” marketers and marketing. Maybe they are just too introverted, or too shy :-).
They seem to believe that since they are so good at what they do, the world should know it, without them having to “sell themselves”.
As a 30+ year veteran freelance translator, I was so shocked by this situation that I decided to start the “Translator Power” blog and its companion website - to advise freelance translators/interpreters on how to market their services and behave as full-blown entrepreneurs.

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