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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These folks are academically weak and need some way to make money. [/quote]

A good salesman out earns most people with more impressive degrees. Even in fields with professional degrees, rainmaker big law partners  are really just salesmen. The difference between a great doctor and a regular doctor usually comes down less to skill and more to their ability to sell themselves as a great doctor. I can't think of any field where this doesn't apply, even the best engineers who form start ups are successful in raising VC because they can sell themselves and their ideas. [/quote]

Brings up another point - to sales, jobs are 100% about money. That's why academically strong people look down on them.  Salespeople can't and don't want to understand the products they're selling at a deep level, nor understand contract terms.  Just pump and sell.[/quote]

Over-generalization and not true. - Ivy-Educated (gasp) software salesperson who loves my job[/quote]

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