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JD50

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I feel the same way about capitalist lap dogs such as yourself.

My main targets are your masters.

Didn't you move to this country from Greece? What kind of moron moves to a country they despise so much?

Nevermind, just answered my own question.
 
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The engineer doesn't make money for the company or anybody. He just does what he is told, he's a sunk cost, an expense, he doesn't generate revenue. Sales and executives are what actually make the company money and in turn money for shareholders. The engineer and regular staff level employees creates none of this, they only do what they are told.

Wow you know nothing about business LOL. If every engineer or technician quit the firm i work for they would make nothing. No one to engineer or draft up the drawing for the clients = no clients = no revenue.

You can line up all the projects you want from a sales side but when they ask how many people you can staff the project with and you say zero. Bye bye business.
 

senseamp

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Wow you know nothing about business LOL. If every engineer or technician quit the firm i work for they would make nothing. No one to engineer or draft up the drawing for the clients = no clients = no revenue.

You can line up all the projects you want from a sales side but when they ask how many people you can staff the project with and you say zero. Bye bye business.

Maybe the marketing people will just market themselves :D
 

JockoJohnson

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No, it's called reality. Why do you think sales and marketing make all the money? Because they actually make the company money. Engineers and staff don't, it really is that simple. Once you learn this you can start making real money.

And that may get to the heart of the article. Those rich people know how the real world works, which can be perceived as selfish, but they have it figured out.

http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search/q-engineering

http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search/q-marketing

http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search/q-sales

Just a quick google search. I have no idea if the site is any valid.

Looks like engineers on average make more than sales and marketing. Do a refined search and prove me wrong.
 

momeNt

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Wow you know nothing about business LOL. If every engineer or technician quit the firm i work for they would make nothing. No one to engineer or draft up the drawing for the clients = no clients = no revenue.

You can line up all the projects you want from a sales side but when they ask how many people you can staff the project with and you say zero. Bye bye business.

Don't you see Dorothy? You are arguing with a straw man!
 
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spidey07

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http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search/q-engineering

http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search/q-marketing

http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search/q-sales

Just a quick google search. I have no idea if the site is any valid.

Looks like engineers on average make more than sales and marketing. Do a refined search and prove me wrong.

Salary.com gives an account exec salary + bonus median as 258,000k. Sounds about right, the commission checks are HUGE.
 

Macamus Prime

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Didn't you move to this country from Greece? What kind of moron moves to a country they despise so much?

Nevermind, just answered my own question.

Born and raised in the USA. And, I don't hate the country - just the filthy morally empty scum that pretend they are better than everyone else.

Better how? Because of their money? Money they got by ripping off and oppressing the common people? Is that what you consider "smart" and "hard working" in the USA? Harming your fellow man, just for profits and gain?

And, in regards to illegal immigrants - maybe Americans should stop hiring them all the time to do their work. Lazy, fat, stupid Americans are the ones who are creating the very problems they complain about.

South American drug lords are invading the US? Well, stop taking so much dope America. You can't shoot up, smoke up and snort up with out having to face the consequences of the elements that bring you your drugs.

You are just reaping what you sow. You cheer the rich, they screw over your future by ensuring their children have enough money to continue living a comfortable life.

BUT - what is worse in this entire mess, is that you vilify the average American worker on these forums. You paint them as drug addicts. Lazy. Corrupt. Evil even! Hey, what else is evil? Communism, right? Well, it's your rich overlord masters who are supplying enough business to communist governments to keep their people oppressed. Then again, what do you care? Your owners are making money - no need to worry about contradictions and further harming humanity.
 

JD50

Lifer
Sep 4, 2005
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Born and raised in the USA. And, I don't hate the country - just the filthy morally empty scum that pretend they are better than everyone else.

Better how? Because of their money? Money they got by ripping off and oppressing the common people? Is that what you consider "smart" and "hard working" in the USA? Harming your fellow man, just for profits and gain?

And, in regards to illegal immigrants - maybe Americans should stop hiring them all the time to do their work. Lazy, fat, stupid Americans are the ones who are creating the very problems they complain about.

South American drug lords are invading the US? Well, stop taking so much dope America. You can't shoot up, smoke up and snort up with out having to face the consequences of the elements that bring you your drugs.

You are just reaping what you sow. You cheer the rich, they screw over your future by ensuring their children have enough money to continue living a comfortable life.

BUT - what is worse in this entire mess, is that you vilify the average American worker on these forums. You paint them as drug addicts. Lazy. Corrupt. Evil even! Hey, what else is evil? Communism, right? Well, it's your rich overlord masters who are supplying enough business to communist governments to keep their people oppressed. Then again, what do you care? Your owners are making money - no need to worry about contradictions and further harming humanity.

blog.atpn.com
 

JockoJohnson

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Salary.com gives an account exec salary + bonus median as 258,000k. Sounds about right, the commission checks are HUGE.

They are execs. Their salaries could have all kinds of ranges, depending on the company--just like CEOs. Get down to the average worker and see who gets paid more on average.
 

spidey07

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They are execs. Their salaries could have all kinds of ranges, depending on the company--just like CEOs. Get down to the average worker and see who gets paid more on average.

Not really. Account exec is the typical term for a salesmen that sells business to business, they aren't really executives. These are the folks selling millions of dollars of product or services and they get their percentage of the total deal. A 1% cut of a 5 million deal is still 50 thousand and most will close multiple such deals a year (otherwise they'd be fired).

Good buddy of mine sells cell tower space, he's raking in the dough (easily over 300k). All for being a people person and knowing how to sell. So he's making his company a tremendous amount of money and getting his cut of it.
 
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Gigantopithecus

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I feel the same way about capitalist lap dogs such as yourself.

My main targets are your masters.

Yet here you are, six months on the forums and already well over 1,000 posts. And give me a fucking break - 'my masters' - what, is this some sort of internet tough guy talk? Like you're really scaring anyone (your 'targets,' lmao) averaging 10 posts per day on a technology forum. :rolleyes:

I already called you out on an entirely absurd, sweeping generalization - that this country's engineers, professors, physicians, lawyers, and small business owners are all 'criminals.' But please, continue dismissing anyone who points out the blatant weaknesses of your argument a 'capitalist lap dog' - that's what adults do!
 

Macamus Prime

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Yet here you are, six months on the forums and already well over 1,000 posts. And give me a fucking break - 'my masters' - what, is this some sort of internet tough guy talk? Like you're really scaring anyone (your 'targets,' lmao) averaging 10 posts per day on a technology forum. :rolleyes:

I already called you out on an entirely absurd, sweeping generalization - that this country's engineers, professors, physicians, lawyers, and small business owners are all 'criminals.' But please, continue dismissing anyone who points out the blatant weaknesses of your argument a 'capitalist lap dog' - that's what adults do!

You over estimated me. You honestly think I am out to threaten anyone? You a special kind of buffoon. Grats.

You ARE lap dogs.

You praise the corrupt and rich. And, I never mentioned engineers, professors, physicians, lawyers and small business owners. You just did. But, I made it very clear it is the rich who use every loop hole to exploit the tax, business and investment laws of the country they live in.

It is the rich who have liquid assets to move and manipulate capital markets. I have cited many times investment management firms. But, you just seem to pay attention to details that support your own assumptions.

I take back what I said about you being a buffoon; you are a total idiot.
 

momeNt

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But that's socialism!

No that's when everybody is poor because no government can run an economy effectively for longer than 100 years 2011-1913.... we are getting pretty close to the deadline here in the USA.
 

JockoJohnson

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Not really. Account exec is the typical term for a salesmen that sells business to business, they aren't really executives. These are the folks selling millions of dollars of product or services and they get their percentage of the total deal. A 1% cut of a 5 million deal is still 50 thousand and most will close multiple such deals a year (otherwise they'd be fired).

Good buddy of mine sells cell tower space, he's raking in the dough (easily over 300k). All for being a people person and knowing how to sell. So he's making his company a tremendous amount of money and getting his cut of it.

Sorry, got mixed up with the terms. In my field, most Account Execs make no where near that kind of money. The only ones that come close are the National Account Execs or those that are assigned specific large accounts. On average, sales people are sale people...they make what they can and some succeed but most don't. Either way, good sales people do get compensated well because of the opportunity to make the big deal.

I can admit that great, if not just good, sales people make pretty good money. But there are far more loser sales people to drag down the numbers. I look at it as a risk/reward system for sales people. Those that succeed will do really well, those that coast by or fail aren't going to be in the business for too long.
 

momeNt

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You over estimated me. You honestly think I am out to threaten anyone? You a special kind of buffoon. Grats.

You ARE lap dogs.

You praise the corrupt and rich. And, I never mentioned engineers, professors, physicians, lawyers and small business owners. You just did. But, I made it very clear it is the rich who use every loop hole to exploit the tax, business and investment laws of the country they live in.

It is the rich who have liquid assets to move and manipulate capital markets. I have cited many times investment management firms. But, you just seem to pay attention to details that support your own assumptions.

I take back what I said about you being a buffoon; you are a total idiot.

If you had a rich uncles (federal reserve and the government) that gave you trillions of dollars to play with, wouldn't you have fun too?