Your problem isn’t a lack of knowledge, it is a lack of self confidence. There are self help meditations at your local book store for self confidence. Basically they tell you to keep repeating to yourself daily, ” I am a good person, I am good at what I do, I have confidence in myself, I breath with the breath of a confident person, I love myself”, etc. It helps to hear another person say it, even though it is a recording. Get the CD and listen to it often, especially right before an interview. The Job market is tough right now, there is a lot of competition out there. Honesty is still the best policy, but say nothing negative about yourself. Dont say, “I dont know anything about that”, say, “I have many resources available to me to learn what ever you may need. Perhaps I could offer a cheaper more reliable, and simpler, more user friendly, program for you” Then its a game of persistence, you may get a lot of no’s before you get a yes. And some of those no’s might change their mind if you don’t give up easily. Bring an example of a variety of your programs, and describe their adaptability.
You are lucky, your credentials are much better than mine. I understand all that stuff on the list, but only enough to know what it is and a vague working knowledge of some of it. I was a calibrator for electronic equipment. I wrote programs for fluke, Tektronics, and Hewlett Packard before they all went to DOS. I didn’t go back to school, I had a family to support. The industry got away from me. I’m old school. Now I’m a truck driver. Good luck
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