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We The Sales Engineers: A Resource for Sales Engineers, by Sales Engineers · May 13, 2024 · 26 min

Top 10 SE Mistakes that Drive AEs Crazy

So I've been in sales for a while. A few years now, and I've worked with several SE either as a sales person, a mentor, or a coach. And we love to joke around and talk crap about salespeople. I mentioned this before but on my first week on the job, I traveled to a quarterly training for both SEs and Sales. We had a common training session (marketing slides) and when that session was over and we were about to split up, my manager (SE manager) stood up and said "SEs stay here, those who have a lobotomy go to the other room." That's how I was introduced to sales. It was a joke, and everyone laughed, but since then I knew I could make fun of salespeople because they do things that drive us crazy. On the other hand, since I've been in sales there are things that SEs do that also drive me personally nuts. In the last couple of weeks, I've seen things that have made me so angry, I can see why AEs don't want to bring SEs into meetings. Here are 12 things SEs do that drive salespeople crazy.

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So I've been in sales for a while. A few years now, and I've worked with several SE either as a sales person, a mentor, or a coach. And we love to joke around and talk crap about salespeople. I mentioned this before but on my first week on the job, I traveled to a quarterly training for both SEs and Sales. We had a common training session (marketing slides) and when that session was over and we were about to split up, my manager (SE manager) stood up and said "SEs stay here, those who have a lobotomy go to the other room."

That's how I was introduced to sales. It was a joke, and everyone laughed, but since then I knew I could make fun of salespeople because they do things that drive us crazy.

On the other hand, since I've been in sales there are things that SEs do that also drive me personally nuts. In the last couple of weeks, I've seen things that have made me so angry, I can see why AEs don't want to bring SEs into meetings. Here are 12 things SEs do that drive salespeople crazy.

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