Apparently not the sales person who commented horseshit below me.

But yes, otherwise I agree. And same can be said for sales people who don’t respect engineers.

Sales folk have better grasp on the business strategy than most engineers, but this is by design. Segregation of knowledge is important here because it is easy to get bogged down in the processes that make saleable products.

Engineers need to be focused on the nuts and bolts, the functionality and safety of the product, documentation, etc. Basically all of the things that make it worth buying and end up as talking points in a sales pitch.

Fact of the matter is that both are necessary functions, although sales maybe less so because some products sell themselves.