Can you go into business with an engineering degree?

What’s great about engineering is that it’s a good “stepping stone” to many career options and opportunities. I know many people who have an engineering degree but eventually go into Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Venture Capitalist firms, etc. But the engineering degree will open up a lot of options for you.

Does sales make more than engineering?

As both our integrator salary and manufacturer salary results show, sales people make significantly more than their engineering counterparts – on average, 35\%.

Do salespeople make a lot of money?

The highest-paying sales job in the US pays as much as $185,000 a year—here are the other 6. And while the overall median salary for a role in this field is low, $41,790, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are a plenty of sales jobs that will earn you well over double that.

Is it easier to be an engineer or a salesperson?

Several major tech firms like Cisco and Oracle realized it was actually easier to teach engineers to be salespeople than trying to turn salespeople into credible engineering experts. One of the best business people I ever worked with was an engineer turned MBA.

How can I talk about my engineering background in sales and marketing?

In case you are looking at sales and marketing in the same field as your engineering background (it was in my case), you can talk about how your technology background will make you better understand the customer and propose better solutions to their requirements.

Does being an engineer stop you from doing other jobs?

So, my answer to you is being a engineer dosen’t stop you from doing things like marketing or sales,we have the desired knowledge and willingness for it, that is why we want to do it. I do sales for my company although i’m a computer science engineer.

What is the job description of an engineer salesman?

Engineers aim to optimize everything, they want to do get the best possible outcome by using least possible resources. They have an analytical mind which can translating to any marketing or a sales pitch. Is being a salesman a dead-end job?