[ale] Systems Engineer 2 Sales Engineer

[Brandon Colbert]

My thoughts and concerns exactly.

Thanks,

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Robert Heaven <roberth1954 at aim.com> wrote:

> Being a Tech Engineer with current "hands-on" experience, makes you very
> valuable in the Sales Engineering area. (and sales engineering pays good
> too) Unfortunately, while you're in a Sales Engineering role, you stop
> getting any further "hands-on" experience because all of your time is used
> up supporting sales. Then, because of natural product evolution, your
> skills slowly become obsolete and you eventually lose your value. And, more
> importantly, sales management does NOT invest in future skills training.
> They simply discard you and go buy a new Tech Engineer with the new skills
> they want.
>
> I was once a software engineer with current skills that got laid off in a
> recession. By the time the recession ended, my skills were obsolete and no
> company was willing to pay for my skills training. I also had kids to feed
> and couldn't afford to go back to school to refresh my skills. It
> eventually took me 12 years, of working in sales engineering, just to find
> a job in Systems Engineering.
>
> On Aug 20, 2012, at 11:15 AM, Brandon Colbert <colbert.brandon at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > What are thoughts?
> >
> > Do you think it would be hard to get back in Tech Engineering if Sales
> Engineering does not work?
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