From Peter Thiels startup class http://blakemasters.com/post/22405055017/peter-thiels-cs183-startup-class-9-notes-essay http://blakemasters.com/post/22405055017

From Peter Thiels startup class http://blakemasters.com/post/22405055017/peter-thiels-cs183-startup-class-9-notes-essay http://blakemasters.com/post/22405055017/peter-thiels-cs183-... "A software engineer at Oracle with 4-6 years experiences gets a $105k salary and an $8k bonus. But a sales manager with 4-6 years experiences gets $112k and a $103k bonus. The situation is very much the same at Google, which claims to be extremely engineering driven; at a $96k base, $86k in commissions, and a $40k bonus, Google salespeople earn quite a bit more than their engineering counterparts." A real "Business Guy" can bring tremendous value to a team & many company's pay them more because products don't sell them selves, you need to create a distribution channel.