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Sales is more difficult than engineering. There, I said it.

• sidlls 9y ago
  I disagree. Sales is fuzzier than engineering and requires a different set of skills and methods to resolve problems.
  • abraae 9y ago
    They're both hard. Rockstar salespeople are just as impressive in action as rockstar developers.
  • pcsanwald 9y ago
    The skillset is fuzzier, but the results are not fuzzier, as reflected by common practices of sales compensation across the industry.
• SturgeonsLaw 9y ago
  For a certain type of person, sales is much easier - if not completely natural. For others, the same could be said about technical pursuits. I don't think it's possible to make general statements that one is harder than the other, because it depends very heavily on the person involved.
• richardjennings 9y ago
  I'm sure selling mediocre, repackaged, off the shelf tech is harder than engineering it. Standing on the shoulders of giants gets us a long way quickly (and easily). IMHO engineering is more valuable; I define value as the expansion of possibilities & opportunities (to sell).