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To young engineers reading this, note that his early sales experience taught him how to deliver value to customers, not just checkins to git. If someone tries t
by jeffrallen 3y ago
To young engineers reading this, note that his early sales experience taught him how to deliver value to customers, not just checkins to git. If someone tries to promote you into sales engineer and you shy away because of wearing a tie or whatever, you are losing out on a huge opportunity to improve your engineering career.
- kjellsbells 3y agoConversely, the article also shows a path out of being a sales engineer. It can be difficult for SEs: they are typically technical, but not coders, and sales-y, but not account managers. Good career paths for SEs can be hard to find. Kudos to Adrian and to Sun for finding a way.