From data analyst to sales engineer, personality-based career design, sales skills for data people - Jenny Wu - The Data Scientist Show #079

Jenny Wu is a data analyst turned sales engineer for data products at Hex. We talked about sales engineer vs data analyst, how to design a career based on your personality, and how to transition into a customer-facing role. Jenny’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-wu-... Daliana's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DalianaLiu Daliana’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu/ (00:00:00) Introduction (00:01:34) What is a Sales Engineer? (00:09:35) Sales Engineering Day-to-Day (00:13:09) Challenge in sales (00:21:37) Traits of Successful Salespeople (00:30:32) Stakeholder Engagement (00:36:24) Getting into customer-facing roles (00:43:55) Quitting her job to travel the world (00:48:05) Advice on Career Breaks (00:50:39) Embedding Career and Personal Goals (00:51:57) How do you achieve happiness?

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