Yeah, I already said what I wanted to the other commentor, it has to do with titles, years of experience, degrees, visas. With a bit of training and a lot of effort on my part I could fulfill that role just fine but it was above thr expected paygrade for someone like me.
My interview skills aren’t the best. How I got the job I eventually got was not just more practice but because the questions that were asked of me were actually about what I know of the industry itself, which is something could just talk and talk and talk about that with them all day if that’s what they wanted.
Aceticon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The worst project management I’ve ever seen was done by salespeople, probably because they’re laughably unrealistic about what is actually possible and how fast and how well it can be done, so overpromise all the time thus condemning a project to fail for the start (want to see a guaranteed deathmarch project: go look for any were a salesperson got put in charge), tend to expect that problems get solved with fast talk and change the requirement everytime they speak with customers/stakeholders.
That genuine optimist that comes from not examining something so close and in depth that you start seeing enough detail to spot the potential problems and start grasping the true scope of the task, which is maybe the best quality for selling stuff, is pretty much the worst quality for actually making stuff or lead those who make stuff (in this latter case because of being shit at setting and managing expectations).
Theirs is the last kind of personality you want managing the creating of anything in any way complex.
bane_killgrind@kbin.social 4 months ago
Yeah absolutely.
The best sales will actually understand their product in depth and will be able to educate their customer on it, though. They also won't waste their time with unrealistic expectations.
Aceticon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
In the area I’m in (software engineering) were there is no product to sell and it’s all tailor made to fit or heavilly adapted solutions, the closest to what you describe are called “consultants” they have a technical backgrounds.
My experience with pure sales people trying to manage a project was always pretty bad, maybe because custom software is just too open ended and unique, so lacks the kind of references and past usage history that a good salesperson can use as guidance.