Not as a profession, but I worked with our sale/pre-sales side people a fair amount. I can say, generally, they liked the pace, challenge, compensation, and th

Not as a profession, but I worked with our sale/pre-sales side people a fair amount. I can say, generally, they liked the pace, challenge, compensation, and that they constantly got to do new things. Quota was complained about, as was paperwork, tooling, and internal politics/bureaucratic in fighting. Travel was common. The titles at my company (Microsoft) are generally some sort of “architect” or “specialist” for straight up technical pre sales / sales or “account manager” for a more straight business and relationship side of the house.