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(01-25-2015 07:35 AM)SteveMcMahon Wrote:  

I'm rarely the smartest man in the room in my line of work (tech sales). We have engineers who have IQ's even bigger than my dick measurements: strange, but true. But those guys don't know how to ask for money. They don't know how to network. They tend to think of selling - in all senses, including selling to customers and selling the idea of their value to their employers - is beneath them. That it's a shabby trick, somehow, as if other people should just psychically intuit their contributions to the business.

Business acumen and sales can be learned very easily in a few months, just like virgins can learn game and get results within days. If you look at resume books of the top business schools, the majority of students have technical backgrounds as scientists or engineers, yet they on go on to industries, eg investment banking, consulting, private equity, where networking and relationship skills are critical.

Can you teach a sales guy to be an engineer? Now this is sightly more difficult.

That said, Canada is a fucking joke and I live and study here. I don't see why anyone would stay in Canada unless it's to study or work on an oil patch. The UK is only sightly better if you're working in finance or fashion in London.