#273 Challenges Being a Part of Life, You Have No Choice But To Overcome

Notes:

Gleb Sinani, our guest for today, is a Ukrainian developer who left Ukraine at the start of the Russian invasion and moved to Poland, where he became a freelance sales engineer.

In our conversation, we discuss the challenges of moving to a foreign country and looking for work there. Gleb shared some gems of wisdom that any Sales Engineer will find useful whatever problem he or she may face.

Key Takeaways:

The origin of the name Gleb
Gleb’s employment history
Why Gleb moved from backend to frontend development
Gleb’s experience of moving from Ukraine to Poland as a freelance sales engineer
Gleb’s experience working as a sales engineer
Why some companies don’t hire Sales Engineers even if they may need them
Why Gleb thinks one can be good in both technical and communication skills
Gleb’s view on how the sales engineering role evolved through time
The pros and cons of supporting clients from around the globe
The challenges Gleb faced in moving to Poland
Why fewer are hiring sales engineers recently
How Gleb learned programming
What Gleb loves about solution engineering
How Gleb developed soft skills
Gleb’s superpower

Quotes:

As a startup, everybody does everything. But on the other hand, nobody’s gonna be good at everything. — Ramzi Marjaba

When [your] company gets bigger, and you want your process [to be] smoother, you better have one person who is able to do complicated stuff. — Gleb Sinani

All the challenges I experienced in my life, I just consider as something usual, regular. It’s life. It happens. — Gleb Sinani

If you don’t understand something, if you don’t understand some topic, or like, some sentence or something, just skip it. Skip it for now. And return later. Return after some amount of topics, and you will get it. You will get it clear. — Gleb Sinani