Similar discussion here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37852982 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37852982 My experience moving from sysadmin/engine

Similar discussion here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37852982 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37852982 My experience moving from sysadmin/engineer with some programming experience to sales engineer (systems engineer at the time) at Sun included. I did a lot of user support at university, plus experience at an investment banker, so I had experience dealing with people and their computing needs, and hands-on with the hardware. I did a bunch of homework, met with customers, prepared presentations, proposals, configurations. Stressful part was when my sales rep left for greener pastures and after some double-duty, breaking in a green sales partner. Wasn't fun.