I happen to agree with you on that as well. MS has a position they call "TAM" - Technical account manager. The purpose of a TAM is to be a liaison between MS and an assigned company, such as GE or Walmart. Some TAMs handle multiple accounts, and some companies have multiple TAMs. I've been thinking about this job quite a lot - especially as my contract is expiring in February and I need to find another position around that time. Thanks for the advice.
Speaking of which - A HIGHLY proficient CF/.NET/Networking/Computer Scientist/MBA/ex-Allaire/current Microsoft/all around nice guy is available for hire in the new year. Anybody want to hire me then? I'm willing to move almost anywhere. - Matt Small -----Original Message----- From: Won Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 11:21 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: [political] How the republicans won the elections. Matthew Small wrote: > I've considered it, but have not taken the step to do so just yet. My ESTJ > profile says that I highly value security, and I have to admit that's right. > The reason I have not done sales yet is because it's a bit risky. But I > also admit you're right - As a computer/software sales guy with a real > technical background, I feel that I could make a killing. > > - Matt Small Yes, it's a very high risk - high reward proposition. I've also been told that consulting may be an option. Firms like Accenture send out consultants, their fancy name for sales reps, to sell services and proprietary software solutions. You have a salary; although poor sales numbers might result in termination and will definitely result in poor bonus checks. If you are really interested you should ask around MS. You have a serious advantage. You currently work for the largest software shop in the world. They have to sell software. Seems like a good time to join their sales forces because of this....Historically, MS has been a retail shop. They sell to individual customers and the OEM channel. I see them releasing more "free" software for the retail market like IE while they try to push into the Enterprise Level for sales. It's different selling to a DELL then it would be to a GE. Unfortunately, this is a high risk - not as high reward proposition then just going straight into sales. Something to consider... -- 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134608 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
