• tko@tkohhh.social
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    1 year ago

    Selling is an art… and this is why I’m not in sales. I have absolutely no interest in trying to convince somebody to buy something.

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      1 year ago

      True sales is just filling a need, sometimes the customer knows they need it but others are unaware of it. Good sales reps will not sell something unless it makes sense for everyone involved.

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        1 year ago

        Sales has fuck-all to do with filling a need. Sales is the invention of problems for which the only solution is the liberal application of money.

        Engineering is filling a need.

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          Oh ok- good luck getting your little field/product/item out into the world all on your own…

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            1 year ago

            Well, you’re clearly not an engineer.

            Based on the way you’re attempting to “sell” the role of salesman, you don’t seem to have the skillset required for that role either.

            Aspiring mid-level manager, perhaps?

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              1 year ago

              No shitstain- I’m a pilot and don’t have anything to do with either engineering or marketing. I also run my own company. I’m also extremely welltraveled, educated, and experienced. Which is why I know that very obviously an engineer on his own is worthless. Any company without marketing is worthless.any company with only marketing and no product is worthless. Grow the fuck up.

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                1 year ago

                Ok, Captain.

                Just out of curiosity, where exactly did I say that salespeople aren’t important? I merely rejected the characterization that salespeople are problem solvers. They are not. Engineers solve the problem, salespeople convince customers that they have the problem.