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Sales Engineers, Solutions Engineers, Solution Architects, and any other PreSales roles.
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Switching reps has been a breath of relief. Do you enjoy the rep(s) that you work with?

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Are you guys close with your teammate given that this digital age of work. No more after hour HH. How do you guys stay close or you don’t?

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Zoom UK pay - Hello everyone,
Does anyone have an idea of what a Sales Engineer gets paid at Zoom UK? I’ll also like to know number of years of experience.

I'd like to get an idea before my call with them.

Additionally, ho… more

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I wish I had someone more senior to bounce ideas off of, explore possible career paths... but everyone seems too busy. How do you find mentorship if your own company isn't providing it?

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Had a great interview, recruiter seemed super enthusiastic... and then silence. Not even a generic rejection email. Feels worse than a breakup – at least then you get some closure.

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How technical do you need to be to land a job as an SE at Snowflake?

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I’m interviewing for Senior Sales Engineer role at Snowflake Inc. London. Would love to know:
- base pay to commission ratio
- what a good TC look like
- work life balance
- WFH/back to office trends

All the informat… more

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Those of you who have hit $100k in your salary... what did your path look like? How many YOE did you have?

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Nothing pains me more than seeing a good teammate leaving. He told me about a better offer and how’s he’s under pay, what would you guys do in this case to keep him?

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Currently a sales engineer at a tech company. We went through multiple reorgs and the job responsibilities changed from presales to all around pre & post sales. Trying to gauge whether the workload is typical

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What day-to-day tasks do you struggle with the most doing your work?

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🏆 Goal Setting Thread 🏆 A thread for setting goals for the week or month - drop yours for accountability, inspire others with what you'll conquer!

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Hi guys I am a scrum master trying to pivot my career to sales engineering I am currently enrolled in a boot Camp program. Please do you have any advice for me as I make this big change

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Hi everyone! I'm in presales myself and am looking for any resources or info anyone can provide on average SE compensation in Australia. Would love any and all help!

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Wanna do a quick comp check to see if I am being paid fairly. I am a Senior SC with 9 years of presales experience + 3 years management consulting experience. About 12 yrs work experience total. Making 228 OTE (1… more

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Startup offer check

Stage: seed
Role: solutions architect, first hire for GTM outside of VP
Title: tbd, principal <> director
Cash comp: 180k base, 20% MBO annual bonus goal
Equity: .35%

Current TC: 185k OTE 70/30, 2… more

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How does your company handle communication between customers and sales engineers during implementations? Do you use Slack, Teams, Jira, etc.?

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How much of your week is solo heads down work vs meetings where you’re the main talker vs meetings you can tune out?

I switched from SDE to Sales eng last year, my calendar is packed with back to back meetings wh… more

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I’m a SE at a cybersecurity Start up. I have 2 year of experience and I’m 135K OTE ($115 base). I’m learning a lot and like the people I work with. It’s also 100% remote with occasional travel. What w… more

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What’s one thing you wish you knew earlier in your career path/journey?

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I had a client go completely silent on me after a promising demo. Weeks passed. Then, out of the blue, they email my boss complaining I never addressed their concerns (which were never actually commun… more

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How much $ did you close in 2023?
I came in right above $2M.

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My rep is doing a bad job of prospecting. How much prospecting do you do? Even with technical folks?

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SE @ IBM

So I got an email today for a phone interview with IBM for an SE role! It’s super early so I’m just doing my due diligence and wanting to inquire about life at IBM. Are there any SE’s that hav… more

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Client calls after hours I can somewhat justify... but the internal meetings at ridiculous times? Those make me want to rage-quit. How do you push back on unnecessary late-night internal syncs?

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How do you stop being a people pleaser in this industry?

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Just had a meeting with a growth SA whose job is to help customers get started faster, but there’s so much overlap, idk if I could use them. How do you take advantage of the technical resources availa… more

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I keep doing the same demos, solving variations of the same problems. I'm not learning new technologies anymore, which feels troubling for my long-term career. How do you keep growing in this role… more

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There's only so long I can sustain this pace. Am I the only one considering a role with less quota pressure, even if it means slightly less pay? Sometimes, sanity is worth it...

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Unrealistic goal seems to be hurting the team. I guess there goes my bonus. Anyone else been in situation where team goal is basically not obtainable ?

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What is the recommended attire if you are interviewing remotely (virtually) ? Should I wear a suit and tie or is that overkill?

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Hi, I’m a sales professional with 5 years in closing roles and looking to transition to Sales Engineering. Any advice for landing an entry role?

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Does anyone else feel like their AE don’t really know the product they are selling? Been getting into meetings where deal are not qualify

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Ok so I just came off a stint as a product Manager which I didn't particularly like. I've been an SE before but I'm not terribly technical. I've worked mostly with analytics products… more

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I got feedback that I’m not assertive enough, or can stay silent even if I disagree with what someone says. Anyone work through this before? How?

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Where can I find a site to do product review so that I can draw employers to how I demo?

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Hi all,
Just got a new SE job with a high OTE I was super excited about. But when I saw the product, I was so shocked at how bad it is. My manager, also new, called it a “piece of sh*t” lol and on top … more

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Anyone SEs here in the observability/monitoring space? Would love to chat/network if you’re open to it.

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Is asking for 245K - 250K OTE in this market too much for a senior level SC/SE role at a large established enterprise software company? In this case, it’s ServiceNow. I proposed that range to a recrui… more

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