I think our point (and I know mine) was that if you've conquered others, you can do this, as well. I, too, have had a lot of experience with various translators and some I liked and some I didn't, and all for different reasons. Also, some are more suited to different businesses and applications.
If they've seen your resume then they're smart enough to know the above. Also, as Art and/or Michael will remind us, it's knowing how to figure out what is needed and then the best way to do it which is the hard/important part. The tool is, while sometimes a gigantic stumbling block, the least part of the picture. It's always great to have a tool suited to the job, but you can unscrew a bolt with a coin and you can hammer a nail with a shoe if you have enough wit and determination. (and you can do ANYTHING with duct tape!) http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Jumbo-Duct-Tape-Book/Jim-Berg/e/9780761121107/?itm=3&USRI=duct+tape Let them figure out the GAP, no need to point out anything more than, "I've learned 7+ translators with little or no help, I can learn TIE". And I'm sure you can. Good Luck, Leah ________________________________ From: Susan Stecklair <[email protected]> To: edi list <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 5:49:29 PM Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Tie Commerce Thanks! I appreciate all of your responses. Some people answered offline, & were quite frank. I’m a “heavy weight” with lots of experience, education and lots of EDI projects mostly at big name companies, so I can certainly talk to that. I’m just lacking knowledge on TIE & want to give them a frank assessment of the GAP. Here are some translators that I’ve worked with: Gentran Basic, Gentran Server, GIS, Premenos (an oldie but goodie), TLE (both as TLE and Harbinger), Softshare, ECtone (never made it to market), Oracle Fusion B2B, SOA & BPEL, Trading Partner PC, etc. To me, they have not all been the same. Softshare is very easy to map and configure with good support & much functionality (discloser – I’m a partner). I also like Gentran Server. GIS was difficult (perhaps it was the way it was installed at the client site, but it was difficult to figure why a map failed, and their business modeling language was way too convoluted for what it did. Support was sometimes great, sometimes not-so great.). Oracle’s B2B product spits out obscure Java error messages, and all functions needed to be manually coded. This could have changed by now. Trading Partner PC was designed to have data entered manually, and was not designed for integration. I know that I’ve worked on some others, just can’t remember the names now. Susan From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Leah Halpin Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 10:55 AM To: Susan Stecklair; edi list Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Tie Commerce Susan, Perhaps if you mention which other translators you've worked with some could compare for you. Also, as I'm sure you know, the tool is the least of the issues with EDI. If they're interviewing you without Tie experience on your resume, I'd say they probably understand this. Don't be nervous and show your experience to their advantage. I've always appreciated honesty in the people I've interviewed and worked with. Good luck! Leah ________________________________ From: Susan Stecklair <[email protected] <mailto:stecklair%40ecommerce-inc.com> > To: edi list <[email protected] <mailto:edi-l%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 1:35:33 PM Subject: [EDI-L] Tie Commerce Hi Folks - I have an interview this afternoon and the company has the Tie Commerce translator product. I've never worked with Tie, but have worked with a number of translators. Some are much more intuitive than others. I would like to give the management an honest assessment of how easy or hard it would be to get up to speed on the product. What is your experience with the product? Does the product have Oracle Gateway extensions? Susan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
