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Re:Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry? by hobs on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @12:04PM (#22879365)
Indeed, there are definite bad actors as I alluded to, but just... don't work there.

If your company starts to go the route of evil, you can find another job with people who are less morally bankrupt.

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Re:Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry? by nitrogen on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:02PM (#22880152)
If we're defining sales as unethical, then... Where are you going to work that actually makes any money at all?
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Re:Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry? by hobs on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:07PM (#22880232)
Spam is not sales, and you dont get that many conversions by selling to people who didn't want to buy your thing in the first place.

Most of the enterprise sales cycles I have worked under go from 3 months to a year anyway, and the implementation time might take 8 weeks to a year+ - so drive by spamming doesnt really get results.

(Payroll, Commercial Real Estate)

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