Credit goes to sales
You made the deal technically possible. They got the commission.
For sales engineers caught between quotas and code
You're the reason the deal closed. Sales got the commission.
Time for your career to match your contribution.
- Attribute your revenue influence
- Position for SE leadership or engineering transitions
- Interview prep for hybrid roles
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For Sales Engineers, Pre-Sales Consultants, and Technical Sales.
Only 3 SE career acceleration spots this month
21 days
Average time to first interview
$47K
Average salary increase negotiated
89%
Land offers within 60 days
Steve J. Ngoumnai
Founder, Head Career Coach
The problem
Sales engineers are stuck in the middle
Sales thinks you're support. Engineering thinks you're sales. Neither is true.
Career path is unclear
SE manager? Engineering? PM? Sales leadership? The options are confusing.
Is this even technical?
You wonder if SE 'counts' as engineering experience. (It does.)
Sound familiar?
The sales engineer job search reality
These are the conversations we have every day with SEs just like you.
"I made the deal work. Sales got the commission."
You built the POC that saved the deal. You handled the technical objections that would have killed it. The AE closed it and took home a six-figure commission. You got... a gift card.
"Am I technical enough for engineering?"
You haven't written production code in years. Your POCs were demos, not deployable systems. Engineering interviews ask about algorithms, and you're rusty. Imposter syndrome kicks in hard.
"My resume sounds like a product brochure"
'Demonstrated product capabilities to enterprise accounts.' Cool story. But where's the architecture you designed? The custom integrations you built? The technical objections you overcome?
"I don't know what my career path is"
SE Manager? Solutions Architect? Product Management? Back to engineering? Sales leadership? Everyone has opinions, but no one has YOUR answer.
"I'm worried my technical skills are getting stale"
You spend all day in slides, demos, and customer calls. Meanwhile, engineers are learning new frameworks you've never touched. Can you even go back to building?
"I can't claim the revenue directly"
You influenced $5M in deals, but saying 'I closed $5M' would be a lie. How do you show revenue impact without sounding like you're taking credit you didn't earn?
If any of this sounds like you — you're not alone, and you're not stuck. We've helped SEs land leadership roles, transition to PM and engineering, and earn the recognition their technical work deserves.
Success Stories
People who made the leap
from 147+ professionals
Raymond B.
Senior Software Engineer · Google
"I'd been stuck at L5 for three years. After six weeks with Askia, I had three onsites and closed at L6 with a $350K package. The system design prep alone was worth it—I walked in..."
Sasha L.
Product Engineer · Meta
"Before Askia, I was getting ghosted after every phone screen. We rewrote my resume to lead with impact, and within two weeks I had five recruiter calls scheduled. The difference..."
Neil R.
Software Engineer · Amazon
"I was ready to accept their first offer—I had no idea how to negotiate without seeming greedy. We mapped out my leverage, practiced the exact script, and I ended up $45K higher..."
Alina K.
Senior Product Manager · Microsoft
"My background was all over the place—B2B, B2C, different industries. Askia helped me find the throughline that made it all make sense. Three interviewers said I was the most..."
Jordan T.
Data Scientist · Netflix
"I had five years of scattered projects and no clear story. After one session, we turned it into a narrative about driving decisions with data. The feedback in interviews went from..."
Priya S.
Product Designer · Apple
"The portfolio review was honest—almost too honest. But we cut three projects and rebuilt my walkthrough from scratch. When I presented it, the hiring manager said it was the..."
Miguel A.
Staff Engineer · Stripe
"I was applying to 40+ jobs a week with maybe one callback. We stopped the spray-and-pray approach, built an outreach system, and within a month I had warm intros to three of my..."
Tara J.
Growth PM · Airbnb
"My response rate went from 8% to 22% after repositioning my LinkedIn headline and summary. Same experience, totally different framing. Recruiters started reaching out for roles I..."
Kevin D.
Frontend Engineer · Shopify
"Four months of silence on LinkedIn. Then we overhauled my profile and resume together—within a week I had my first inbound message from a recruiter at a company I'd been eyeing...."
Rina M.
Solutions Architect · Salesforce
"I kept getting rejected for leadership roles because I sounded too technical. Askia helped me reframe everything around strategic impact. The hiring manager later told me my..."
Evan P.
Design Manager · Adobe
"I'd ramble for five minutes on every behavioral question. After three mock sessions, I had tight two-minute stories with clear structure. The interviewers started nodding along..."
Camila V.
Product Analyst · Uber
"I was offered a lateral move initially. After we built my case for promotion—concrete metrics, leadership examples, market data—I countered and got the senior title with a $38K..."
Omar H.
Platform Engineer · Spotify
"Cold outreach was getting me nowhere—maybe one reply for every 50 messages. Askia gave me a template that actually worked. Three weeks later, I had coffee chats with engineers at..."
Lena Q.
Product Designer · Figma
"I'd failed three final rounds in a row and was starting to think something was fundamentally wrong with me. After six mock interviews with Askia, I understood exactly where I was..."
Miles S.
Backend Engineer · Notion
"I was burning out applying to everything. Askia helped me build a system—targeted companies, warm outreach, weekly check-ins. It felt sustainable for the first time. Landed an..."
Isabelle C.
Engineering Manager · Atlassian
"Transitioning from IC to manager felt impossible—I kept getting passed over. Askia helped me articulate my leadership impact in a way that made sense to hiring committees. Within..."
Noah G.
Developer Advocate · GitHub
"My answers were all over the place—five minutes on something that needed thirty seconds. Askia gave me a framework: setup, action, result, reflection. Now every story has punch...."
Hannah W.
Customer Success Lead · Slack
"I was interviewing at six companies simultaneously and losing track of everything. Askia helped me prioritize, prep smarter, and close the one I actually wanted. Turned three..."
Diego R.
Security Engineer · Zoom
"I'd never negotiated before and was terrified of losing the offer. We role-played the conversation three times until I felt bulletproof. Asked for $35K more than they offered. They..."
Maya N.
Technical Program Manager · Oracle
"The resume rewrite made me realize I'd been underselling myself for years. We quantified everything—scope, team size, business impact. Recruiters started reaching out for roles I'd..."
Vikram P.
Machine Learning Engineer · NVIDIA
"I kept getting stuck explaining technical details instead of business outcomes. Askia taught me to lead with the 'so what'—revenue impact, time saved, decisions enabled. The shift..."
Lauren D.
Product Manager · LinkedIn
"I was getting callbacks but bombing final rounds. Turns out I was answering questions like an IC, not a PM. After three sessions focused on strategic framing, I went 3-for-3 on..."
Arjun S.
Backend Engineer · Snowflake
"System design interviews terrified me. Askia broke it down into a repeatable framework—requirements, estimation, architecture, trade-offs. Practiced it until it felt natural...."
Chloe H.
Data Analyst · Pinterest
"Everyone kept telling me I needed more experience to break into tech. Askia showed me how to position my non-tech background as an asset—different perspectives, fresh thinking. Got..."
Marcus J.
DevOps Engineer · Databricks
"My resume was a wall of tools and technologies. Askia helped me rewrite it around reliability outcomes—uptime improved, incidents reduced, deployments accelerated. Started getting..."
Sofia R.
Mobile Engineer · DoorDash
"I'd wing it in behavioral interviews and hope for the best. Askia made me build a story bank—eight polished examples I could adapt to any question. Now I walk in knowing exactly..."
Amir K.
Product Designer · Dropbox
"My portfolio was a random collection of projects. Askia helped me curate it around a clear theme—systems thinking and user advocacy. The hiring manager said it was the most..."
Grace T.
Analytics Lead · Intuit
"I was great at SQL but terrible at explaining why my analysis mattered. Askia taught me to frame everything as business decisions enabled. Now I lead with impact, and executives..."
Diego M.
FinTech Engineer · PayPal
"I had no idea what I was worth. Askia pulled comp data, helped me set a target, and coached me through the conversation. Ended up $40K above my initial expectation with better..."
Riya V.
Growth Engineer · Coinbase
"I was applying everywhere and getting nowhere. Askia made me pick 15 target companies, research them properly, and tailor my approach. Closed two offers from that list within six..."
Raymond B.
Senior Software Engineer · Google
"I'd been stuck at L5 for three years. After six weeks with Askia, I had three onsites and closed at L6 with a $350K package. The system design prep alone was worth it—I walked in..."
Sasha L.
Product Engineer · Meta
"Before Askia, I was getting ghosted after every phone screen. We rewrote my resume to lead with impact, and within two weeks I had five recruiter calls scheduled. The difference..."
Neil R.
Software Engineer · Amazon
"I was ready to accept their first offer—I had no idea how to negotiate without seeming greedy. We mapped out my leverage, practiced the exact script, and I ended up $45K higher..."
Alina K.
Senior Product Manager · Microsoft
"My background was all over the place—B2B, B2C, different industries. Askia helped me find the throughline that made it all make sense. Three interviewers said I was the most..."
Jordan T.
Data Scientist · Netflix
"I had five years of scattered projects and no clear story. After one session, we turned it into a narrative about driving decisions with data. The feedback in interviews went from..."
Priya S.
Product Designer · Apple
"The portfolio review was honest—almost too honest. But we cut three projects and rebuilt my walkthrough from scratch. When I presented it, the hiring manager said it was the..."
Miguel A.
Staff Engineer · Stripe
"I was applying to 40+ jobs a week with maybe one callback. We stopped the spray-and-pray approach, built an outreach system, and within a month I had warm intros to three of my..."
Tara J.
Growth PM · Airbnb
"My response rate went from 8% to 22% after repositioning my LinkedIn headline and summary. Same experience, totally different framing. Recruiters started reaching out for roles I..."
Kevin D.
Frontend Engineer · Shopify
"Four months of silence on LinkedIn. Then we overhauled my profile and resume together—within a week I had my first inbound message from a recruiter at a company I'd been eyeing...."
Rina M.
Solutions Architect · Salesforce
"I kept getting rejected for leadership roles because I sounded too technical. Askia helped me reframe everything around strategic impact. The hiring manager later told me my..."
Evan P.
Design Manager · Adobe
"I'd ramble for five minutes on every behavioral question. After three mock sessions, I had tight two-minute stories with clear structure. The interviewers started nodding along..."
Camila V.
Product Analyst · Uber
"I was offered a lateral move initially. After we built my case for promotion—concrete metrics, leadership examples, market data—I countered and got the senior title with a $38K..."
Omar H.
Platform Engineer · Spotify
"Cold outreach was getting me nowhere—maybe one reply for every 50 messages. Askia gave me a template that actually worked. Three weeks later, I had coffee chats with engineers at..."
Lena Q.
Product Designer · Figma
"I'd failed three final rounds in a row and was starting to think something was fundamentally wrong with me. After six mock interviews with Askia, I understood exactly where I was..."
Miles S.
Backend Engineer · Notion
"I was burning out applying to everything. Askia helped me build a system—targeted companies, warm outreach, weekly check-ins. It felt sustainable for the first time. Landed an..."
Isabelle C.
Engineering Manager · Atlassian
"Transitioning from IC to manager felt impossible—I kept getting passed over. Askia helped me articulate my leadership impact in a way that made sense to hiring committees. Within..."
Noah G.
Developer Advocate · GitHub
"My answers were all over the place—five minutes on something that needed thirty seconds. Askia gave me a framework: setup, action, result, reflection. Now every story has punch...."
Hannah W.
Customer Success Lead · Slack
"I was interviewing at six companies simultaneously and losing track of everything. Askia helped me prioritize, prep smarter, and close the one I actually wanted. Turned three..."
Diego R.
Security Engineer · Zoom
"I'd never negotiated before and was terrified of losing the offer. We role-played the conversation three times until I felt bulletproof. Asked for $35K more than they offered. They..."
Maya N.
Technical Program Manager · Oracle
"The resume rewrite made me realize I'd been underselling myself for years. We quantified everything—scope, team size, business impact. Recruiters started reaching out for roles I'd..."
Vikram P.
Machine Learning Engineer · NVIDIA
"I kept getting stuck explaining technical details instead of business outcomes. Askia taught me to lead with the 'so what'—revenue impact, time saved, decisions enabled. The shift..."
Lauren D.
Product Manager · LinkedIn
"I was getting callbacks but bombing final rounds. Turns out I was answering questions like an IC, not a PM. After three sessions focused on strategic framing, I went 3-for-3 on..."
Arjun S.
Backend Engineer · Snowflake
"System design interviews terrified me. Askia broke it down into a repeatable framework—requirements, estimation, architecture, trade-offs. Practiced it until it felt natural...."
Chloe H.
Data Analyst · Pinterest
"Everyone kept telling me I needed more experience to break into tech. Askia showed me how to position my non-tech background as an asset—different perspectives, fresh thinking. Got..."
Marcus J.
DevOps Engineer · Databricks
"My resume was a wall of tools and technologies. Askia helped me rewrite it around reliability outcomes—uptime improved, incidents reduced, deployments accelerated. Started getting..."
Sofia R.
Mobile Engineer · DoorDash
"I'd wing it in behavioral interviews and hope for the best. Askia made me build a story bank—eight polished examples I could adapt to any question. Now I walk in knowing exactly..."
Amir K.
Product Designer · Dropbox
"My portfolio was a random collection of projects. Askia helped me curate it around a clear theme—systems thinking and user advocacy. The hiring manager said it was the most..."
Grace T.
Analytics Lead · Intuit
"I was great at SQL but terrible at explaining why my analysis mattered. Askia taught me to frame everything as business decisions enabled. Now I lead with impact, and executives..."
Diego M.
FinTech Engineer · PayPal
"I had no idea what I was worth. Askia pulled comp data, helped me set a target, and coached me through the conversation. Ended up $40K above my initial expectation with better..."
Riya V.
Growth Engineer · Coinbase
"I was applying everywhere and getting nowhere. Askia made me pick 15 target companies, research them properly, and tailor my approach. Closed two offers from that list within six..."
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Book a free strategy call and leave with a clear action plan.
How It Works
How we get you there
1
Claim your wins
We quantify deals influenced, competitive wins, and technical contributions.
2
Choose your path
SE leadership, engineering, PM, or sales leadership? We help you decide.
3
Tell the story
Resume, LinkedIn, and interview prep for hybrid success.
Deliverables
What you actually get
SE-specific career support.
Revenue Attribution
Quantify your deal influence.
Hybrid Positioning
Resume and LinkedIn for technical + revenue roles.
Interview Prep
Hybrid role interview readiness.
Your Coach
Steve knows revenue impact
Sales engineers often get lost between sales and engineering. I help you own your revenue contribution and position for the deals you've actually influenced. Your technical expertise drives pipeline — let's prove it.
20+ SEs coached
$1.5M+ pipeline attributed
$48K avg. OTE increase
This is for you if
You've enabled real revenue and want a real career path.
- Your resume sounds like a product pitch
- You can't quantify your deal influence
- You're unclear on career direction
- You want SE leadership or want to transition out
This probably isn't for you if
We work with experienced SEs.
- You're new to sales engineering
- You want sales methodology training
- You're looking for demo coaching
Questions SEs usually ask
Real talk.
How do I quantify my deal influence without overstating?
Use 'influenced' and 'enabled' language: 'Built POCs and technical solutions that influenced $5M in enterprise deals with 80% win rate.' You're not claiming you closed them — you're showing your technical contribution was essential. That's accurate and compelling.
Can SE experience count toward engineering roles?
Absolutely. POCs, custom integrations, and technical solutions are engineering work. The gap is showing current coding skills — side projects, open source, or recent hands-on work helps bridge that. We help you position your SE experience as engineering adjacent, not engineering separate.
What are the SE career paths?
SE Manager/Director (lead SE teams), Solutions Architect (deeper technical, less sales), Product Management (your customer insight is valuable), Engineering (requires showing current technical skills), or Sales Leadership (SE → RVP → CRO path). We help you pick based on what you actually want.
How do I transition from SE to Product Management?
SEs make excellent PMs. You understand customer problems deeply, you've seen competitive positioning firsthand, and you know technical constraints. We help you reframe: 'gathered requirements during demos' becomes 'conducted discovery across 100+ enterprise accounts to inform product roadmap.'
Can I go back to engineering after years as an SE?
Yes, but you'll need to demonstrate current technical skills. Your POCs and integrations count as engineering work, but you may need to supplement with recent projects or study. The advantage: you understand customers better than most engineers, which is increasingly valued.
How do I compete against candidates from bigger tech companies?
SEs at FAANG often work on single products with established playbooks and support. If you've been an SE at a smaller company, you've had broader scope, scrappier resources, and handled more variety. We help you frame that as leadership advantage.
How do I handle 'Are you technical or are you sales?' in interviews?
Reframe it: 'I'm a technical expert who can translate complex solutions into business value.' The hybrid is your superpower. Companies need people who can bridge engineering and customers — that's rare and valuable. Don't apologize for the combination; emphasize it.
My technical skills feel stale. How do I interview for technical roles?
Focus on system design and architecture — that's where your actual expertise lies. You understand distributed systems, integrations, and enterprise-scale challenges. You may need to brush up on coding fundamentals, but your architectural thinking is solid.
Should I get cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP)?
Certifications help for certain roles but are table stakes, not differentiators. What sets you apart is deal impact and customer outcomes. Certifications prove knowledge; customer success stories prove application. Get them if required, but don't lead with them.
I'm burned out from constant travel and demos. What are my options?
Many SE roles are now remote-first. You could also transition to Product Management (less travel), Solutions Architecture (more depth, less breadth), or Engineering (office-based). We help you find paths that fit your lifestyle goals.
"Within 3 weeks I had 4 interviews lined up. Steve completely changed how I talk about my work."
★★★★★ — Marcus T., Senior Engineer → Staff at FAANGYou made the deal work. Time for your career to work.
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