At a fast-growing start-up and my manager is really pushing me to do sales and account management. I don’t want to- not my skill set or how I want to grow my career path. Advice on pushing back?

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I get your frustration. Here's some info on the differences between sales and account management and why the two should be separate: https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/account-management-vs-sales. Good luck!

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