Tech team to salesman: Persistence isn't always a virtue19 January 2011, 5:00 amIn 2005, fresh out of college, I started working for a custom manufacturing company as the applications developer/help desk tech/network administrator. I developed an application that ran one of the manufacturing division's inventory and job control systems; did time and attendance for the entire organization; and was the sole IT employee in the company. Therefore, a few years later when it came time to replace the company's aging ERP system, as "the computer guy," I was put in charge.
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