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I'v done both. I'v nominally worked for myself, as half-owner and company director. I'm a huge geek, with mental health symptoms that could be mistaken for au
by controversial97 4y ago
I'v done both.
I'v nominally worked for myself, as half-owner and company director.
I'm a huge geek, with mental health symptoms that could be mistaken for autism and ADHD but are actually due to trauma from having terrible parents who I removed from my life decades ago.
The customers were clueless disorganised nitwits. Their upper management was out playing golf, so we had to try to get their disgruntled office staff to stop looking at facebook for five minutes and cooperate with us to get things done.
I handled complicated technical stuff but had to leaving talking to the customers to someone else.
It depends on your personality.
I'm too honest and bad at manipulating people to be a good salesman or executive.
Sales is a totally different skill set and psychopathic personality disorder to making the technology work.
- sedeki 4y ago> I'm a huge geek, with mental health symptoms that could be mistaken for autism and ADHD but are actually due to trauma from having terrible parents who I removed from my life decades ago. I have a similar background. Can I email you?
- mxuribe 4y ago> ...Sales is a totally different skill set... Its not just that - though i agree with you - it is also that the sales skillset needs to be to a degree of closing deals/sales. I have been a really great wingman/second banana when it comes to sales...I'm actually the person in the room who helps win over customers almost 100% of the time in both influencing as well as technical competency...But as a partner...If i'm left to be my own sales person, to generate new leads, new business, etc....well, then, i suck terribly. What i need is a topnotch sales person, where i can join them as second banana/tech sales...and then i can build a crazy good business. Closing sales on one's own is hella hard!