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Re:Three Paths in the Tech Industry: Founder, Executive, or ... by sidlls on Thursday September 28, 2017 @05:38PM (#15360955)
I disagree. Sales is fuzzier than engineering and requires a different set of skills and methods to resolve problems.
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Re:Three Paths in the Tech Industry: Founder, Executive, or ... by abraae on Thursday September 28, 2017 @05:49PM (#15361040)
They're both hard.

Rockstar salespeople are just as impressive in action as rockstar developers.

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Re:Three Paths in the Tech Industry: Founder, Executive, or ... by pcsanwald on Thursday September 28, 2017 @07:16PM (#15361568)
The skillset is fuzzier, but the results are not fuzzier, as reflected by common practices of sales compensation across the industry.
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