Would like to hear how did the two of you get into this industry in the first place and more importantly, what drives you to stay in this industry for so many years?
My journey after my engineering course started as a technical hands-on Software engineer doing some application development and moved to networking architecting and design configurations before moving to business development and sales role. It helped me in a way to have a strong technology foundation which allow you to articulate the vaule of the technology as business benefits. I guess one of the most available sales roles are channel partner sales and technology alliances which requires to learn more of stakeholder management, influencing skills , articulation of value proposistion etc. I guess the excitement of learning new skill set and technology and the challenge to keep yourself abreast with new technology motivates me . As you can see in my career progression within ICT I have moved on from technical hands-on consulting to business development and strategic alliance sales keeps the journey meaningful. I would be happy to have a session with you to give you more insights and guide you if you would need in this direction. You can connect with me through the volunteer Career Advisors microsite at https://go.gov.sg/vcai-app.
My journey after my engineering course started as a technical hands-on Software engineer doing some application development and moved to networking architecting and design configurations before moving to business development and sales role. It helped me in a way to have a strong technology foundation which allow you to articulate the vaule of the technology as business benefits. I guess one of the most available sales roles are channel partner sales and technology alliances which requires to learn more of stakeholder management, influencing skills , articulation of value proposistion etc. I guess the excitement of learning new skill set and technology and the challenge to keep yourself abreast with new technology motivates me . As you can see in my career progression within ICT I have moved on from technical hands-on consulting to business development and strategic alliance sales keeps the journey meaningful. I would be happy to have a session with you to give you more insights and guide you if you would need in this direction. You can connect with me through the volunteer Career Advisors microsite at https://go.gov.sg/vcai-app.
-Gautam