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I don't work for companies where sales are running engineering. Usually a horrible environment of code monkeys patching shit together so it barely works, and no
by peakaboo 5y ago
I don't work for companies where sales are running engineering. Usually a horrible environment of code monkeys patching shit together so it barely works, and no rest at all inbetween tasks, because sales are clueless about what an engineer does.
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- whoomp12342 5y agoalso sales get paid commission based so their motivitaion is extra $$$. most engineers do not get a piece of that pie, in this case making them a sucker.
- michaelcampbell 5y agoAt $PREVIOUS_JOB we in the development organization would routinely get pinged by people in the sales org with those "Hey, I need information on X so I can close this deal!", usually near the end of day, often on Friday, and always needed it RIGHT NOW. I started by countering, "Since I'm going to be working late on your project, what % of your commission are you offering?"