The company I was at this past summer took a few days where everyone (this was a cross disciplinary place, so the technical employees didn't just consist of dev

The company I was at this past summer took a few days where everyone (this was a cross disciplinary place, so the technical employees didn't just consist of developers but also mech e's, chemists, jack-of-all-trades, etc) was invited to shadow someone with sales for a few hours. Just seeing the sheer amount of data that they have to keep track of and stay on top of was really eye opening.