Do you believe that an experienced SC in one field, could easily transition into a similar senior role in a completely new field, just like an experienced AE could? My view is that it tends to be quite difficult to do if an SC doesn’t have domain experience in the new field. And ultimately I don’t think it’s fair as it might limit our options to change roles/industries. What are your thoughts on this?

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I would agree with you. You get a lot of industry experience, context, lingo etc. You could hop to adjacant industries however. For example martech --> data --> infra...but it would be a few years at each one

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Definitely. I like to use the term “same sh*t, different data”.
If you understand the underlying tools and technology (the “how”), then the “what” doesn’t matter so much.
Most companies use fairly similar tech stacks, and industry knowledge isn’t too hard to learn with some product specific training.

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