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1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Nov-2018 06:20:47 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

   Three Sales Mistakes That Software Engineers Make: https://www.pipelinedb.com/blog/three-sales-mistakes-software-engineers-make

   My main objection: The reason software engineers make these mistakes is that not making them involves doing things that engineers don't like to do:

   #1 = Doing other things than engineering
   #2 = Listening to normies talk about themselves
   #3 = Exerting pressure on people

   I know what being on the other end of #3 feels like, and it's not pleasant. Rejecting people is almost as uncomfortable as being rejected.

   1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Nov-2018 06:26:29 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

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      What engineers want is low pressure situations with no ethical questions, and that's not how you make a sale. Sales is about being proactive and making people do what you want, and thus has a great deal in common with leadership.