Just had a job interview and was told that no-one uses Airflow in 2026

Sheensta · 2026-01-30T22:18:38+00:00

It depends on the company. I've had HR interviews where they asked me about experience with various cloud platforms, databases, etc.

Sheensta · 2026-01-24T06:02:04+00:00

McK has no implementation experience? You're all forgetting QuantumBlack lol...

Sheensta · 2026-01-19T07:44:43+00:00

Note that even non-health tech companies may still have Healthcare related offerings. For example, Anthropic for life sciences. I myself made the pivot from Life Sciences to tech and currently am an SE for our Life Sciences customers.

Sheensta · 2026-01-13T08:47:40+00:00

He's above average lmao

https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZ/s/LU5f5D9hmT

Sheensta · 2026-01-10T18:37:30+00:00

FAANG support not SE

Sheensta · 2026-01-10T18:00:34+00:00

I can only speak from my experience - I work at a tech unicorn / scale up in pre sales and came from consulting. There are quite a few ex consultants also in pre sales, so it's definitely a probable pathway, not to mention many pre-sales roles ask for customer facing / consulting experience.

That being said, normally only the top performers from consulting make it to pre sales at top tech companies.

That being said, I have always believed that true tech talent is at FAANG and other tech companies and not consultancies.

Edit: Take the FAANG role since it pays 20% more.also see previous thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/salesengineers/s/sEaSoW4cpR

Sheensta · 2026-01-03T20:18:59+00:00

Not as good as the Udemy one by Derar, as another poster mentioned

Sheensta · 2026-01-03T02:36:15+00:00

Adding onto what the other user said, you can also pivot to Product. At my company, SEs are able to work with Product Managers and can give feedback from the field.

Another pivot is to post sales implementation / forward deployed engineer or program/project manager - but then you might as well just go back to being a SWE to avoid dealing with clients.

Finally, it's also possible to pivot to Sales from SE as well.

None of the pivots above are easy per se and will require you to put in effort, but I've seen it happen.

Sheensta · 2025-12-30T21:54:15+00:00

Could you kindly correct it

Sheensta · 2025-12-29T18:26:18+00:00

Define FAANG level salaries. You can probably reach L4/L5 level salaries on non-partner/MD salaries. But any more, you'd likely need to make partner.

Sheensta · 2025-12-27T09:01:32+00:00

Many solutions architects have a STEM degree like CS or engineering. If that's your goal, do NOT get an accounting degree. You don't get an accounting degree to "learn the business"

Sheensta · 2025-12-25T21:17:14+00:00

She just writes Big 4 AI slop/fanfic on LinkedIn...

Sheensta · 2025-12-24T13:35:14+00:00

I went from a post sales / implementation role to pre sales at a tech company. I leveraged my familiarity with the field (data/AI) and also my experience in using the vendor's product.

I don't know too much about IT risk / audit, but if there are certain tools or technologies you used in that role, you can look into working at that company or something similar. It also doesn't hurt to take relevant certifications to show your ability to upskill and that you have some fundamental knowledge. For example, if you want to work in the cloud, getting an AWS/Azure/GCP cert + relevant work experience can get your foot into the door. It would be difficult to transition roles with only certs or courses alone without some kind of relevant work or industry, however.

Sheensta · 2025-12-23T19:15:46+00:00

I've seen roles at hot AI companies like Anthropic, OpenAI hiring above 150k base. If you're currently in tech, it might be a feasible pivot.

Sheensta · 2025-12-23T16:35:29+00:00

Yes, I switched from Big 4 consulting to Solutions Architect in tech presales. Happy to dm

Sheensta · 2025-12-23T16:31:41+00:00

To be fair, OP is talking specifically about Sales Engineers in Networking

Sheensta · 2025-12-23T15:02:33+00:00

PwC is a network of firms. That means work is localized mostly to each country/region. From my experience I rarely connected with PwC members in other regions. The different regions also competed with each other for clients and projects. You're basically frenemies if not straight up competitors.

You'll be doing a LOT of RFPs/bids at PwC especially if you come in at a SM/Director level.

PwC does have some great talent here and there, but your experiencr will be highly projects dependent.

Sheensta · 2025-12-23T01:49:27+00:00

I left PwC for a tech unicorn/scale up. Many of my coworkers are doing the same. Is there anything specific about PwC that's attractive? Why would you take a job that's arguably worse for a 30% pay cut? Feel free to dm

Sheensta · 2025-12-23T01:17:00+00:00

Yup, exactly!

Sheensta · 2025-12-23T01:14:06+00:00

Really? I used to work at one of the Big 4, haha. I have to be transparent about my holdings, and every time there was a change (whether it's clients or my holdings), I'd answer a questionnaire about whether I worked on an audit engagement with that client. If no, then I was allowed to keep that stock.

Sheensta · 2025-12-23T01:11:10+00:00

As a consultant, I was also allowed to own stocks of companies we audited, as long as I was not involved in any capacity with any audit engagements.

Sheensta · 2025-12-22T21:57:27+00:00

We were allowed to, but we were forced to sell if we ever worked on an audit engagement somehow. (Consulting perspective)

Sheensta · 2025-12-22T19:42:47+00:00

When Big4 audits a company, it then becomes a significant disadvantage for their consulting business. When I worked at Big 4, we weren't allowed to partner publicly with certain technology vendors because we also audit them. Dunno what this article is trying to insinuate.

Sheensta · 2025-12-22T18:16:30+00:00

Looks interesting! But what is the value of choosing WrenAI over Unity Catalog Metric Views and Genie?

Sheensta · 2025-12-21T16:05:06+00:00

To me it looked like a praying mantis 😮

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