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Great fun interviewing Alan Parsons last night at Alcazar Theater as we celebrated his birthday and concert film release party of “The Never Ending Show Live in the Netherlands!” We chatted about “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Improv comedy LIVE traveling TV show (we were both at the same improv show at Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, CA 2 weeks prior) and Alan’s experience working with the Beatles as sound engineer at Abbey Road studios.

At 18, Alan Parsons took a job at Abbey Road, where he assistant engineered the sessions for the Beatles albums “Let It Be” and “Abbey Road.” By the time he formed the Alan Parsons Project, he’d gone on to engineer the Pink Floyd album “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

IT is a field where hard skills are a must.

Either you know a programming language or you don’t.

Either you can fix the printer or you can’t.

Many IT roles require a demonstration of your knowledge and skills before they’ll consider hiring you. Here at Capterra, we have an IT skills test candidates have to pass before they can become part of our tech team.

But hard skills, like the ability to navigate the latest database management tool, aren’t the only kinds of skills an IT professional needs. And they certainly aren’t the only types of skills considered once you start working with a team.

Soft skills like communication and flexibility are equally as important as hard skills in IT.

“The acceptance level has skyrocketed, partly because there are a lot of younger people who have had exposure to the major improv schools and have seen improv shows and have done improv in college,” says Ed Herbstman, cofounder of the Magnet Theater. “Now they’re making decisions about what to take their team to.”