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.

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(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?