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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DOD sales for AWS. $400k, and yes, the job can feel like its taking over your life. Stock grant that was initially 100K is now worth 400K. RSU's do take absurdly long to vest, but 401k growing like wildfire as they grant stock as part of their company match. [/quote]

Did you transition to sales from engineering or were you always in sales?[/quote]

Always sales. Have a team of engineers. [/quote]

Sales person here. Lets clear up the term "engineer ". I too have a team of "engineers" they are sales engineers, so not real engineers. They are basically overlays with a deeper technical understanding and better social skills and much better physical and verbal presentation than real engineers. Quite a few of them can and do transition into Account Manager roles.[/quote]

This is correct.  My husband is a sales engineer.  It sounds like there is a lot of opportunity at Amazon if you stick with it.  Most are engineers - developers, testers, program management before going to Amazon and go to Amazon for a change and challenge as its newer technology.   Many of the engineers we are told only stay 1-2 years and either move on within Amazon or to other companies using AWS depending on who is paying more.[/quote]

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