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- Presales role- Salesforce vs. ServiceNow I’m exploring Presales roles and getting confused between Salesforce & ServiceNow. I have 8 years exp in Sales & Consulting. I saw many people recently leave Salesforce to join ServiceNow and I wonder why. Can someone share any insights on this trend? #presales #technicalsolutionsengineer #servicen
- PreSales roles I have 3 YOE- Business Analyst/Data Analyst experience, currently in a PdM role. Looking to transition towards presales roles, open to any advice on how to get my foot in the door. Anyone here from GCP, Microsoft, or Salesforce Solutions and Presales teams? Referrals would be greatly appreciated. T
- PreSales Opportunities I have a connection in with 3 presales data center engineering roles in the Colorado and Utah area. If anyone is interested, shoot me a private message to discuss in more detail.
- Where to go next? (Presales) TC: ~200k YOE: 6 Senior Sales Engineer looking for my next gig. Not super technical, but comfortable conveying technical concepts. Looking for something hot like AI/Fintech. Any referrals welcome. Long time Blind reader, first time poster. #sales #presales
- Looking for presales roles Just got to know that my raise for this past year, despite exceeding my quota by 20%, is 1.5%. That’s two years of 1.5% pity raises by one of the worst companies to work for. Looking for referrals for sales engineering roles. Prioritizing SAP competitors. Thank you in advance!
- Presales, PM Referrals India / UK Posting for a friend - Hello Blind community, My friend is looking for non-tech Presales, PM roles in India / UK. Has around 3 years of Work experience in Presales role and has done MBA from renowned Institute in India. Interested in roles for Solution consulting, Presales, Product owner, product
- presales role at Salesforce I work in presales at Salesforce in Chicago. I make $98k a year total compensation. I have a friend that’s a solution engineer at Docusign and makes considerably more. Can anyone confirm where my market value stands? I feel like I’m underpaid, especially at such a big tech firm
- Solutions Architect, PreSales roles I have 10+ years of cloud/on-Prem systems architecture and engineering experience. I have a solid resume with pretty good employers in the valley. Looking to transition towards presales roles. Anyone here from GCP, Azure or Salesforce Solutions and Presales teams ? Referrals would be greatly appre
- PreSales Academy? Worth the investment or go elsewhere I recently applied to PreSales Academy and am wondering if it is a good investment?
- Commission for Presales solution architect role Solution Architects, could you please help explain how commission works for a Presales SA role? I have just accepted an offer as an SA and have an annual commission component of $55k apart from a base of $165k. They also mentioned that it will be based on a quota. What does it mean and how much of
- pegasystems presales TC looking for information on the TC and benefits for a Pegasystems Senior Solutions Consultant. current TC: ~135k (base + bonus) YOE: 5 in solution engineering
- Referral for Solutions Engineer/PreSales I am looking to move out of my current company. Can someone refer me for a PreSales position? #Microsoft #Google #referral #presales #solutionsengineer
- Cloud AI technical presales I’m currently an AI/ML Customer Engineer at Google Cloud. CS masters from top 10 school. What are the equivalent roles at AWS/Azure? Any ballpark pay range? I’m about to hit stock cliff and wondering if I should move on. Maybe I should just apply as an MLE even.
- SWE or Presales engineering? Deciding what career path to take. Have about 2 years of experience in SWE and about 2 in presales (current role). Should I jump back ro SWE? Both roles pay about the same presales about 10% more. not much growth in presales other than become an architect, then sr. architect etc.
- Google TSE vs Presales roles How is the Google TSE role? Have another offer at a startup for Solution Architect for more TC. Would I be stupid to reject a presales SA role for Google TSE? Heard its a glorified support job can anyone confirm? How is wlb? Also got down leved to L3 TSE with 3 YOE as customer engineer. Google TC i
- US- presales / solution consultant salary expectations Im moving back to America from abroad and being asked by recruiters about salary expectations for roles, including for internal roles at current company..(move not work driven so no relocation package relevance) I have no idea what people in America make i left as a child and have never worked ther
- Zoom Sales engineering referral #presales Hi Zoomies, I’m looking for a referral for a sales engineering role at Zoom.
- Salary for Entry-Level Presales Role Hey, all. What's the typical starting salary for an entry-level sales engineer/solutions engineer for companies like Salesforce and ServiceNow? Thanks. YOE: <1 TC: 97K #enterprise #sales #presales #se #ae #servicenow #salesforce
- Databricks Presales Solution Architect Interview Any tips for databricks pre-sales solution architect technical interview? Anyone been there done that ?
- Usual career path after SA / Presales Questions in title. I don’t have much vision after what to do next after SA / Presales. Been doing that for ~4 years now. (Mainly AWS/GCP) TC : 160K
- Looking for Presales Engineers in SoCal Hello Community! I'm looking to build my network with other presales engineers in the area. Would love to make some new connections in that area! If anyone is in that area and might be looking for career opportunities, let me know!
- What are my fellow presales managers getting paid? Blind tax: $350k Yoe: 7months as a manager, 10yrs as IC
- vote Would you go back to SWE from PreSales? Currently a PreSales Architect making 230 OTE with 4 YOE in presales and 5 YOE as a SWE at non FAANG companies. I want to transition back to SWE because I miss coding, but I currently only put in about 20 hours/week at work. Is it worth grinding leet code to go to FAANG for a pay bump and potential
- Moving from SWE to presales I guess it's a common pathway, but does anyone have any advice on how to do it? I like to think I'm a decent engineer, but I'm just sort of fed up with coding atm and would like a change. I would also like to deal more with people. TC: fuck all, live in the UK.
- Best B2B Cloud companies for Solutions Architect/presales engineer? I'm actually good where I am for now, but never hurts to know what other options there are in the future for a solutions architect / presales role. I've always worked for products requiring developers to implement and more technical in nature, given my past experience as a software dev. Have a CS de
- Taking a bank loan to invest in a presale Going to contribute to a presale that sequoia/andreessen/metastable/polychain is in. Smart or dumb? I'm small potatoes and usually can't get this level of investment, so I thought hey might as well go deep.
- Presales opportunity - Google cloud (customer engineer) vs start up advise So I’ve gotten offers from GCP UK and a US start up. So the US start up is expanding into the EMEA region and I’ll be coming in as the second senior SE on the ground and growing the business, I see this could be a good opportunity to further my career/ get promoted etc. But it’s definitely going to
- Is Switching from PreSales Manager (SA/SE) to Engineering Manager (EM) Plausible? 9 YOE, 5 in IT ops and 4 in presales engineering. Generally a top performer. Technical generalist with very little development background, although I can hack things together and have a lot of knowledge around distributed systems, cloud, SDLC, agile, and dev tools etc. I don't see much of a progres
- Stay PreSales or jump to Product? Dev is not for me. Whats the career oath like for PreSales? I’m not seeing much opportunity for growth so considering switching over to Product. Previously dev but not for me long term; prefer interacting with people too much. #career #tech
- [India ]Databricks Solution Architect -presales (L5) vs Google Customer Engineer-Analytics (L5) Databricks Solution Architect -presales (L5) vs Google Customer Engineer-Analytics (L5) I have received both of the above offers, TC breakup is as follow. I am confused between the two. DB- Base- 50 lps pa RSU- 200k (USD) vested over 4 years Google- More or less same as above.
- How is AWS as a Presales Solutions Architect? We all know on Blind how Amazon is as a SDE, but how is it on the AWS side as a Solutions Architect in terms of compensation, work life balance, culture etc? Is it similar to the nightmare stories that are so common around here regarding PIP/overtime work? #aws #solutionarchitect #presales
- Moving from engineering role to sales/ presales role and then back to engineering role... Did anyone try Moving from engineering role to sales/ presales role and then back to engineering role... Is is sheer wastage of time or this experience really helps...which stream is better ?
- #Productmanager Vs #Presales which one is better, or what are key challenges of both For a developer with 10yrs of exp, (looking for a change), which role would be better product manager (not project) or presales manger?
- Best enterprise digital marketing companies for presales/sales engineer roles? TC, WLB, etc? Hey all. US-based Senior solutions consultant/presales/sales engineer type at Adobe, currently selling enterprise digital marketing solutions. starting to feel a little restless and feeling around. Anyone have recommendations for companies to check out? If it’s your current employer, could you sha
- Where to get entry level Google Cloud Platform job (Cloud Architect, presales, DevOps, anything..)? Realized my company is not going with GCP, at all but I want to learn and use this software on a daily basis. Any ideas?
- How do I move up in technical sales career? Total YoE ~13 (6 Presales Lead, 3.5 Proj.Manager, 3 SWE) please advise! #presales #salesengineer #telecom #bizdev #vmware #redhat #nokia #facebook #awssales #awssolutionsarchitect
- AWS Solution Architects and presales account mgrs orig from Microsoft. What are your thoughts on the org differences? #tech #aws #amazon I recently completed my virtual onsite and I'm expecting an offer for an L7 SA position. I felt my interviewers (peers) were smart but lacked enthusiasm for the role. Any thoughts from those of you who moved over? TC: 285k yoe: 18+
- Companies with highest OTE for YOE for sales/solutions/customer engineer roles What are some good companies to target for presales roles as seen on title. TC 230k (200k OTE 30k rsus) 8 Yoe not all in presales.
- How hard is it to transition back to DS/SDE after a solution architect role? What does the typical career path for a solution architect look like? #AWS #tech #presales #startup #snowflake #sap TC 130k
- Workday Comp? Anyone have comp info for Workday Presales/Enterprise Architect role? Thanks!
- How is AWS as a Solutions Architect? Curious to hear experiences a Solutions Architect (presales/sales engineer), obviously the overall sentiment is bad for Devs in Amazon, but is AWS SA any better? #aws #presales #solutionsarchitect #salesengineer #amazon #amazonaws #sales #saas
- HPE offer stage Storage Presales Salary Range in Seattle Currently Making $210 OTE
- Referral to AWS (Australia) hey folks, looking for a referral to AWS for one of their solutions architect roles currently working in a 20% presales 80% project management role for a product acquired by Mastercard. have previously worked for an msp, doing presales & infrastructure migration projects. YoE: 4 TC: 125k AUD
- Salary compensation Anyone able to tell me what the expected salary for an AWS Presales/Customer Solutions Architect will typically be? #tech #awssales
- Work life balance at Workday How is the work life balance at Workday (Pleasanton) in the presales department, as a solutions consultant.
- vote 6sense or keep recruiting Got an offer at 6sense in presales. Base 145k Bonus 40k Equity 10k options /4 $80k value Current TC 155K YOE 5 Unable to negotiate and they seem very strict on the band calling it to be family focused. #6sense #recruiting #presales #career #interview EDIT: looking to leave because my firm go
- vote Which one should you choose? Multiple offers, what would you choose. Learning opportunity wise, consulting would be the most, and then SaaS and finally the unicorn. Roles are all presales related. Except for consulting, where, its a consultant role. TC: 120k YOE: 3
- Google Sales/Customer Engineer Interview Hey folks, I have an upcoming interview with HM at Google cloud. My current role is of a TPM but I am being interviewed for a Sales Engg. I am aware that HM would be asking me about my sales or presales related experience. Can anyone help me out in understanding what do I need to prepare from sales
- vote Zendesk Offer Eval Just got an offer from Zendesk for Sr. SC in presales Base : 162.5 Bonus :40.5 OTE : 203K RSU : 85k/4 yrs New TC : 224K No sign on Told me that I was close to maxing out and they want to leave room for growth before promo. How much more can I negotiate? Does Zendesk typically offer sign on?
- Looking for Google Referral Hello Blind, looking for Google referral. 19+ YOE in a combination of roles including PM, PreSales, Consulting, Implementation and Architecture. Any help will be appreciated.