#300 Taking a Step Back To Overcome Bad Decisions
After 300 episodes, I bring the original cohost back. Binayak Kanungo, aka Bini, comes to join me again on the podcast to give us an update on his career.
#299 SE Best Career Progression to Achieve Your Goals
John Simpson on the other hand talks to his SEs about career action planning. Not only where you want to be, but how to get there too
#295 Using the Athlete Mentality To Earn Your Dream Title
Our guest today is Ryan Krueger who will tell us about his path to sales engineering and the challenges he faced to get there, and once he was an SE
#294 Unlocking Your Untapped Potential Energy To Operate in Your Genius Zone
Jeff is a leadership and engineering coach. He takes me through some exercises to find my genius zone and uncover some self-limiting beliefs that I may have.
#291 The Mindset Shift From Sales Engineering to Pure Sales
The most common move for Sales Engineers is to go into pure Sales. It seems to be the easiest move because there are many more opportunities to move into that role than to get into SE Management.
#290 The Best Tip I’ve Ever Heard About Learning the Cloud
Mohamad has an interesting story where he had to solve multiple problems in his life from leaving Egypt to the Gulf and then coming to the USA. From finding jobs that suit him, to learning on the job to do it.
289 Here’s Why Account Planning Is Important for Sales Engineers
Account Planning is something that Salespeople are responsible for. Many Sales Engineers try to stay away from that as it’s boring and many salespeople don’t come up with a good plan
287 How Self-Awareness and Self-Investment Propelled an Introvert to Senior VP
This week I chatted with Nate Broome from CaptivateIQ to discuss his career, his challenges, and what he is doing today at CaptivateIQ to build a great sales team.
#283 Changing the Solution Engineer Role to the Requirements of the Customers
Mohamed Barkhad today, a Customer Engineer at Google Cloud who has been a Sales Engineer for close to 10 years. We discuss how he shifted between roles and customers, how he shifted industries as well, and how he learned to have tough conversations.
281 Preparing But Not Practicing Means You’re Not Fully Prepared
One of the most important tasks that sales engineers need to do is practice their trade, and yet this is one of the most overlooked.
#278 Even The Best Solution Engineers Bomb Sometimes
Follow @WeTheSEs https://youtu.be/uj7p2tFuUMQ Notes: “It’s a job of high highs and low lows.” This is how Trevor Spires, an experienced Sales Engineer and a two-time guest on the podcast, describes…
#275 The Small Steps Needed To Become a Solution Engineer
In this episode, we have Jonathan Davis, a Senior Solutions Engineer at Snyk. Jonathan emphasizes the importance of independent learning in technology. He shares his journey from an unrelated field to sales engineering, highlighting the significance of soft skills, understanding competitors, and building customer relationships. The key to success as an SE lies in mastering valuable skills, focusing on business outcomes, and continuous deliberate practice. Becoming an expert on customers' problems is the key differentiator in sales engineering.