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Do people who enter the sales side of careers (like Sales engineering, AE, and others excluding regular SDR roles) actually make more money compared to software engineers, mechanical engineers or just engineers in general?

The idea I have in mind is that if you wanna make the big money, you have to be in sales in some sort of way and not just traditional engineering careers

Because engineering careers (and the similar in pay) usually have a limit to what you can truly make as you progress through your career

This is obviously considering that you are at least “good” at sales itself

I’m asking this because I’m trying to figure out if I should lock in on a sales adjacent career and start building my experience while university in it (internships and more) in order to break into it

But generally, do sales adjacent careers really make that much more money compared to others if you’re good at it?

Usually I hear of people who finished their credits before they started their degree

But I wanna know if anyone here started both from zero simultaneously and still managed to transfer in 60+ credits or so in a short time

It’s a bit worrying seeing I have 100 credits left at the start of the degree, with no Sophia or study dot com courses done yet

And knowing that 55 of those 100 are transferable but I just haven’t done them yet

I mapped everything with AI and approximately it should be done by 2 months or so but still

Would love to hear your stories

I’m trying to figure out if this career is for me (I’m still in university)

I know it’s not entry level, but if I do commit it to it, I’ll happily get the prior experience first like in customer success, general customer facing roles or a junior pre sales role

I like talking to new people, and I definitely like talking about a solution I believe in to solve their problem

And I love showing demos

I’m good with soft skills, talking to people, understanding a problem deeply and dissecting it and then coming up with a solution around it

(This comes from my personal experience of currently trying to build a small business in software)

The idea of traveling (sometimes) to meet new people and show demos is really attractive to me as well

And also the earning potential being higher than most other jobs I could aim for is the most important thing for me (if that information is true?)

I like the 70/30 or 80/20 OTE better than 100 or 50/50 like AE’s or sales

(Im hoping it’s as stable as other roles though, since anything that has “sales” in its title worries me in terms of stability - though I understand it’s different here)

In your opinion, what are some qualities that indicate someone would be a strong fit for this career?

Still in uni,

Been doing my research on sales engineering for a while

Always had an idea in my mind (before I found out I’m ESFP-T) that sales would be good but was worried about stability

Until I learned about sales engineering,

Would love your opinions on it if you know a good bunch about it

And if this career would especially work well for an ESFP

Read of some cases that barely had any experience outside of college (for a few months to 1.5 years) and were able to land an SE role right away

I’ve been reading and digging through the sub to get an idea of how much experience I should get while in college (internships) (if I’m studying CS) and right after college and in which roles (if I graduate with the CS degree) and then - but didn’t find a consistent answer

Generally, how many YOE and in what roles after uni ( and during university if I can get an internship or two) do I need to have in order to comfortably get interviews for an SE role?

I know many people like to gate keep but I’d Genuinely really appreciate honest answers (dw I’m a gatekeeper when it needs to be)

Context: 19M, could be a CS grad in a short while

Have a bit of experience doing my own sales for some stuff in business (as I try to build my own) ; cold calling, d2d and LinkedIn etc, good with booking many calls

(maybe could help getting an internship?)

I have good soft and people skills - like talking about things I truly believe will solve the problem, meeting new people, and definitely would love to travel

I want to know from now, how can I know if this field is for me even though I cannot technically be one until at least 2-3 years after graduating ?

Does this role have good stability? I was always worried about committing to sales and building my internship experience in it because I worry about its stability as a career (I know the money is good)

But I heard SE has good stability so it gives the best of both worlds (apparently)

If I do decide to commit to this as the career I pursue, which internships exactly should I target while I’m still in uni?

Basic SDR/BDR roles? Or is there something specific I can get that leads directly into being an SE asap later?

These are my main concerns : how do I know from now if this is for me and I will enjoy it? How’s the stability? pay? and which internship roles at which types of companies to target while still in university ?

Would really appreciate your advice everyone, thank you

I have good connections in that industry from a family side,

I know it’s all about knowing the right people now to get a job in this market,

I can’t directly ask them right now so I wanted to come here and see if anyone knows something about it or has done it,

But does the construction, Architecture and engineering industry hire for any CS grads in roles that may not be coding heavy?

I know that the industrial industry does,

But I’m wondering if anyone knows about this

Would appreciate your help

I’m in the same age bracket and it feels a bit odd choosing this path of doing an online degree to graduate faster

I hear many good things about SNHU tho, and that employers really don’t care where u got ur degree if it’s not a degree mill, or Ivy League

I’m considering the CS degree

For me personally, it felt smarter knowing I can get a good bachelors in just a year and a half or so, even if it’s online

And if I’m really feeling like I don’t wanna miss out after I graduate, I can just do my masters a at a traditional on campus uni right after…

Overall cheaper and shorter in time to have a bachelors + masters…

Instead of being locked in a bachelors for another 3-4 years just to be “safe” about not graduating from an online degree

(Even though I was told SNHU is considered a brick and mortar)

Atleast from this way of going about it

Curious to know about others in the same age bracket and why you chose SNHU?

Similar reasons?

Would you undermine a fresh grad with a degree from a fully accredited US computer science degree (and attested by MOHESR) but was taken fully online?

And let’s say they have a bit of experience from an internship or two working in the UAE and developing good skills while doing the degree online?

Would you have a stigma towards it or is all that matters is the fact that the degree is accredited and that they have decent experience in the UAE (internships)?

Hey everyone,

If you’re hiring for interns let me know

I’ve got experience in sales, product lead and customer discovery talking to many buyers. Basically good with getting buyers on calls and talking to them, as well as product.

I’m part of the government backed initiative for tech companies ; DFHQ

But im looking for an internship as I’m still in uni,

And want to get a better understanding of how operations run in more established companies

Hey everyone,

If you’re hiring for interns let me know

I’ve got experience in sales, product lead and customer discovery talking to many buyers. Basically good with getting buyers on calls and talking to them, as well as product.

I’m part of the government backed initiative for tech companies ; DFHQ

But im looking for an internship as I’m still in uni,

And want to get a better understanding of how operations run in more established companies

Hey everyone,

I’m trying to enroll for the next term,

I’m sending my English proficiency scores (Duolingo) to more right when I receive them,

SNHU already have my prior university transcript waiting to be evaluated (it’s just one transcript, 20 credits)

Then I’d need my advisor by then to tell me which courses to take on Study dot com for my degree

I just want to make sure that I can start by August 31

(They take a while to respond via email right now and it worries me ngl, maybe calling would get this done much faster?)

How long do they take to evaluate the English proficiency score as soon as you send them and move on to evaluating the credits?

If you have good people-skills, networking, business operations, customer-facing work, product and problem understanding and direction, bit of experience in sales personally, etc (you get the type of persona this is)

what type of roles/jobs would you commit to and start looking for internships in to build your career there and do well at with a CS degree?

We’re really good at mapping and understanding a workflow or operations problem,

And building AI agents around the problem in order to solve it by producing an outcome

What would you say is the best service-based business me and my cofounder should start?

Generally would it be something around finding a problem, and producing an outcome around it using AI agents that we build inside their business?

I looked at the Sophia and Study dot com websites for all the transferable courses for SNHU

Then I looked at the SNHU Computer Science degree

Compared all the Sophia and Study courses (that say transferable to SNHU)

And concluded that I can transfer about 25 courses (75 credits) into this specific degree at SNHU

(Which is a bit surprising, which is why I’m asking)

Is this usually how people map out all the transferable courses into a specific degree before getting an official evaluation or word from their advisor?

Will this hopefully be accurate once they give the evaluation?

(I’m asking because I’m still in the process of getting accepted but I just want the most accurate and reliable way to have a degree plan from now)

I just did the practice test and the Arno practice test (once each) that's it, should I just go for the actual test ?

All I need is 110

hey, how can i get a discount on the DET? and can i get my scores as early as 24 hours or less?

How common is it to outsource submittals nowadays? How much does it cost to do that usually?

Is it bullshit and you still gotta review again or are they legitimately taking all that work off your back?