Switching companies as a solution/pre sales consultant

Oracle
RbWf58

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RbWf58
Jan 13 7 Comments

I recently changed careers into presales consulting at a SaaS company (not oracle) and love it so far. I’m curious though, when it’s time to leave how is onboarding for this role with a new company/product?

My company spends months training us on product. For anyone who has switched, has your new company made sure you have enough time to get comfortable with product? Especially curious if anyone has done this at FAANG.

For those wondering about the role, I’m talking product demo, scoping, value selling, and solutioning prior to closing a sale.

TC: 100k
YOE: 2

#presales #salesengineer #customerengineer

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  • MongoDB
    🐕tothe🌙

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    🐕tothe🌙
    Not at FAANG but yes, they do make sure that you get comfortable. Tons of structured training and hands-on time with the product before they put you in front of a customer.

    I really hope you’re not in the Bay Area or NYC with that TC. I talked to a lot of companies before accepting the role at MongoDB (I wasn’t interested in FAANG because I wanted to go somewhere smaller) and there was a huge range in pay (from $80k OTE at a startup to more than double that at Mongo). Also make sure you find a place that offers RSU’s or equity. It’s not as common as you think in sales roles
    Jan 13 2
  • Zendesk
    EHNs36

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    EHNs36
    My company took us through an onboarding program at first then gave slowly got us into demoing. Before that we would do test demos with team members first to make sure we knew what we were talking about
    Jan 13 3
    • Zendesk
      EHNs36

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      EHNs36
      I'm sure you would. Do you mind letting me know what company it is you're going to? Is the comp much better? I always like to keep my ears open for new opportunities
      Jan 13
    • Oracle
      RbWf58

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      RbWf58
      OP
      I’m staying where I’m at right now while I learn the job, currently in ERP space. But could be interested in cloud eventually like Mongo mentioned above^^ I don’t have much insight on comp at other companies since I’m new so hoping to learn more
      Jan 13