Hi All,

I’m looking to make a shift to sales engineering/solutions architecture roles from consulting in the cloud and infrastructure monitoring space with 3 YOE.

Anyone open to having a conversation about your firm and how to make that shift from consulting?

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Yeah! I actually made the same move. There is a group on LinkedIn called the pre-sales collective (I think) that’s doing a beginner course for people looking to get into the field.

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The Pre Sales Collective is awesome.

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