Re:Ask HN: Why do engineers hate salespeople?
by agcat on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @01:26PM
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But has it ever happened that some salesperson who was genuinely authentic and just doing her job made you feel otherwise? And you did not hate them while they were doing their job?
Re:Ask HN: Why do engineers hate salespeople?
by JohnFen on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @03:01PM
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Are you talking about my "trying to sell to me" quip? Even then, I don't really hate the salesperson personally. But I absolutely hate being sold to, yes, and try my best to avoid that. That they're doing their job and perhaps are being authentic doesn't enter into it.
Being sold to sucks and provides no benefit to me. Attention from a salesperson interferes with my purchasing decisions, wastes my time, and is all too often adversarial.
But I have learned to be wary of them. They have a tendency to misrepresent the products to one degree or another, make promises that engineering can't fulfill, and that sort of thing. They can make my job more difficult as a result, so they have to be watched carefully.