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"Why many software engineers think salespeople are idiots" Though, now I have learned they more than earn their money.

• DiabloD3 4y ago
  No, most software engineers think salespeople are idiots because they have a bad habit of selling things to customers that don't exist yet, and in many cases cannot exist, and then you have to tell them, point blank, that they just lied to a customer to secure a sale and no solution to their problem with be coming. Salespeople generally only care about this quarter, if a chargeback or contract cancelation happens, that's a next quarter problem. Example that hit the front page yesterday: https://jolynch.github.io/posts/distsys_shibboleths/ https://jolynch.github.io/posts/distsys_shibboleths/ I've seen many of these "negative shibboleths" said by salespeople shoveling database products to secure the sale. They lied, they knew they lied, and they lied to worship at the altar of the almighty dollar.
  • argc 4y ago
    I'd say that's more a problem with their incentives. When companies treat them like cannon fodder and cut them based on their monthly numbers, there's a huge incentive to do what it takes to make a sale. What's the worst that happens when you lie and make a sale? You get told not to do it again? Better than getting fired.
  • throwaway98797 4y ago
    it’s not a lie if they believe it