How Engineers Can Persuade Like Salespeople
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Salespeople get a bad rap and some of them deserve it. They’ve tainted #sales by blasting you with spammy emails only to put you through a long, boring, monologue when you agree to take a call.But, viewing Sales with disdain is ironic. Selling is a critical part of everyone’s job and learning how to persuade like top-performing sales reps will make you an indispensable engineer. It will also help you build better products.Do you want to increase the chances of landing a great #engineering candidate as your next hire?What about finally implementing the third-party solution you’ve been bugging your boss about for the last 12-months — the one he keeps “thinking about.”Want to avoid people falling asleep in the middle of your demo during show-and-tell?I know you’re skeptical. What does a sales guy (...)