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To be fair, the "technical" person at a conference does not mean "engineer". It's like a quarter tier past pure-salesperson. Obviously not an impressive showi
by bpodgursky 9y ago
To be fair, the "technical" person at a conference does not mean "engineer". It's like a quarter tier past pure-salesperson. Obviously not an impressive showing overall, but I don't think it should be used as a judge of their technical talent.
- throwaway111991 9y agoI didn't expect a discourse on topology, but Compare your X to Y, and knowing more than 1 use case is basic, basic, sales stuff
- salesguy222 9y agoMost sales people at large corporations don't even know how to put together a quote or speak about the product they sell. You are lucky if they just book meetings and get out of the way of the sales engineer.
- agumonkey 9y agoSeems like IBM latest sales strategy is I B M and stickers.
- pdkl95 9y agoI understand that the people sent to a conference may not be highly knowledgeable about some of the companies products. However, if the company isn't going to at least train them for easy questions like why anyone should buy the product featured prominently in the booth's advertisements, then what was the point in renting vendor space? [1] At a minimum, give them a handbook with the official answers for common questions.
- throwaway91111 9y agoYea, watson's distinguishing features can't be "magic beans".