I started working at EdgeLink, an IT staffing firm, just over one year ago. I had no prior recruiting experience and my only involvement with technology was through my own personal use of the internet, iPhone, TV and Facebook. I always believed that I was savvy on a computer and could navigate myself through just about any problem that I encountered. But after just one day at EdgeLink, my head started spinning and I quickly realized that I really didn’t know anything at all… Up until that point, my technical vocabulary was limited to “website, PDF, Word, Excel, Email, and Text.” But now, Java was no longer just coffee. Flash wasn’t just the thing my Aunt couldn’t figure out how to work on her camera during family photos. AJAX was no longer short for my morning bowl of Apple Jacks. My world was turned upside down and I had to adjust quickly. With time, patience, persistence, and the help of many software engineers and our excellent team here at EdgeLink, I finally figured out what was going on and how all of the random acronyms and technical mumbo jumbo fit together.