Ask HN: Transitioning to a Solutions Engineer / Sales Engineer

Re:Ask HN: Transitioning to a Solutions Engineer / Sales Eng... by zabzonk on Sunday April 16, 2023 @04:34AM (#35588249)

> Solution Engineering or Sales Engineer

where do people get these terrible job titles from? and don't get me started about "ICs".

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Re:Ask HN: Transitioning to a Solutions Engineer / Sales Eng... by techstacktoe on Sunday April 16, 2023 @05:05AM (#35588399)

I'd say the roles are quite different. You could argue about ICs / SDE / SDMs - but Solution or Sales Engineering require different skill sets. They are more client facing and your KPIs (or OKRs) are more tied to sales, client relationships or contract renewals.

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Re:Ask HN: Transitioning to a Solutions Engineer / Sales Eng... by zabzonk on Sunday April 16, 2023 @05:40AM (#35588551)

> KPIs (or OKRs)

is this sarcasm?

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Re:Ask HN: Transitioning to a Solutions Engineer / Sales Eng... by 1_1xdev1 on Monday April 17, 2023 @12:12AM (#35596775)

You should probably spend some time speaking to folks outside of your dev team and learn how businesses tend to operate

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