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I was with you until the example. At any company I've ever worked at that had both sales and engineering, the salesfolks were making 50%-100% more. And those ar

I was with you until the example. At any company I've ever worked at that had both sales and engineering, the salesfolks were making 50%-100% more. And those are the typical negotiating strategies of each group.

czbond 14y ago
Exactly. At a software company, the sales people are paid dramatically more. At one company I was at, the new salesman made more than the CTO.
- matwood 14y ago
  Well the adage is, the closer you are to where money comes into the company the more you can make. Most sales jobs are also commission based which means if a sales person is making a lot of money the company also made a lot of money.
  - Domenic_S 14y ago
    Indeed. I am all for paying salespeople paltry salary or draw, and very generous commissions.
  - czbond 14y ago
    I agree - I would rather pay sales guys all day. I tell each that I'd love to keep writing them big checks, as big as I can make them.
pakitan 14y ago
Glassdoor data suggests otherwise: http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/us-sales-representative-salary-SRCH_IL.0,2_IN1_KO3,23.htm http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/us-sales-representative-sa... http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/us-software-engineer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,2_IN1_KO3,20.htm http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/us-software-engineer-salar...