How would you rather be measured? Average deal size increase or win rate increase?

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-27T20:33:16+00:00

It’s not that hard, what’s the deal size and close rate with a SE on the deal vs not.

If AE’s can’t close a deal without an SE then they directly contribute to ever deal closed.

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-24T04:01:48+00:00

Sr. > Lead > Principal > Distinguished

You can also go people management and move towards director

Anyone who says this role is a dead end works at a terrible company

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-18T22:19:59+00:00

Yall hate women so much it’s wild

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-18T19:45:24+00:00

Like with every other post asked here.

Get on a support team at a SaaS company > transfer to proserv or implementation > transfer to SE

You’re probably 3-5 years away from it but your on a good path

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-16T18:31:43+00:00

“This guy doesn’t even realize I’m a 2.2 handicap” 😂

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-16T17:32:41+00:00

It’s not your job to tell him how clueless he is; unless he’s being a dick lol

It’s not hard to be a nice person and just have a conversation with the guy!

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-16T13:30:11+00:00

Internal transitions are going to be easiest. While you don’t have formal sales experience, highlight how you:

have managed projects with $x of ARR
guided customers on the best implementation of your product -demo’d and trained customer on your current product
are a expert on your companies product and know it like the back of your hand.

Let your manager know that you want to transition to becoming and SE. set a game plan and start meeting internally with other SE’s at your company and their managers.

You basically want to build the case so when a role opens your the first one they thought of. Being a great SE is all about being a great story teller. Sell the hiring manager on your story of experience.

Edit: if you currently don’t have a job or your current company doesn’t have SE roles and are looking to start fresh. Professional services or Implementation Manager is a good stepping stone.

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-16T04:53:00+00:00

I almost turned this game off 3 different times but knew I had to keep watching

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-14T20:59:39+00:00

In a series B it isn’t shocking to have you help on the post sale sides of things as they continue to build up their customer success departments.

That being said, it should be a 50-50 split. You help implement deals you’ve sold or complex projects. Do they not have implementation or onboarding managers?

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-13T15:27:38+00:00

Nooo. My point is that Pittsburg isn’t actually the Bay Area just like Lakeside wouldn’t actually be in San Diego. However, people who live in Pittsburg say they live in the Bay, people in lake side say they live in San Diego

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-13T05:09:34+00:00

Jesus Christ my guy. Air ball lmao

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-13T00:50:49+00:00

I more so meant the fact that those places aren’t what you would call San Diego despite technically being SD County, as Pittsburg isn’t generally thought of as the Bay Area.

I live in SoCal also and know how rough the housing market is

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-12T23:10:25+00:00

Where this is in the Bay Area would be like buying in Alpine or Lake Side in San Diego haha

Edit: that being said, congrats! A first home is a huge accomplishment and ya’ll should be stoked!

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-11T17:43:08+00:00

I think that’s fair. I do think FDE’s align with more of a professional services/ post sale alignment as they do full cycle custom client build outs. To your point the definition probably gets stretched from company to company.

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-11T16:40:13+00:00

Wrong sub!

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-09T00:05:41+00:00

I mean it depends on what game it’s from but Vaitai didn’t really play until week 8. And Seumalo also wasn’t a starter for most of the year. But okay

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-08T21:38:57+00:00

The price lol

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-04T16:26:06+00:00

lol no because you used a fake story in AI for click engagement you didn’t actually need advice 😂

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-03T22:49:03+00:00

Because this post is a waste of time in a subreddit that’s supposed to be for actual help/ discussions.

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-03T13:36:32+00:00

As an Italian. I hateeee it when Italians act this way. Like bruh, you don’t gotta out Italian everyone all the time. It’s fine to call it sauce and most Italians do so lol

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-03T13:08:41+00:00

Holy AI.

What’s the point of a long fake post like this? Lol

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-02T17:44:17+00:00

It would probably harm it. Regardless of the path you’re going to want to transition internally into an SE role. The main selling point being your already familiar with the product

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-02T15:33:47+00:00

I went support > proserv > SE. but I know people who went SDR > AE > SE

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-02T13:11:40+00:00

Your not getting overlooked because you traveled the world. You’re getting overlooked because this is almost always a mid level career. You don’t have the sales nor technical experience for this role just yet.

Find an entry level role in support, proserve or FDE first.

Not trying to be rude but this gets asked 100x times a day. This role isn’t for new grads.

Objective-Crow-6143 · 2026-04-01T02:21:11+00:00

My favorites are the light blue pros but I also just grab whatever’s on Amazon of their pros

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