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The 1st one (ratio of sales to development) is not a problem, assuming that the sales people aren't individually dead wood. Any reasonable sales organization re
by pinewurst 10y ago
The 1st one (ratio of sales to development) is not a problem, assuming that the sales people aren't individually dead wood. Any reasonable sales organization rewards the good ones and purges the non-performers periodically.
- throwAwayQA 10y agoI'm not too familiar with these people as they're scattered over different offices. They seem competent though. But in my mind (and i may be biased) I believe that you should invest in the team building the actual product before investing in the team selling it.
- angersock 10y agoYou're incorrect here, though well-meaning. :) The ideal setup, from a company's perspective, is one engineer and as many sales people as it takes to sell the product. How the product is made--and hence the team that makes it!--is of no consequence provided the company can sell the product. The product doesn't even have to work: you just need people willing to pay for it.
- throwAwayQA 10y agoI absolutely get what you're meaning, but this is not very "comforting" for an engineer.
- angersock 10y agoAgreed. :( This should probably be on the short list of reasons we have so much burnout in our sector.