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My first rule.
Good designers do not make good sales people.
Why, I ask...WHY.......do we insist on taking someone who is good at one thing and make them do other things? A guy may be a great mechanic, but do you take that mechanic and put him in the showroom to sell cars?
Second rule:
You can all hate me on this one, but I'm going to say it because I believe it, and that's that. Designers are a PITA! Plain and simple. They usually all have their own agenda, and if it isn't done the way they envisioned it, they do nothing but whine. Which is usually funny, because half the designers out there don't understand the junk their designing CAN'T be done to begin with, and the other half have no idea what a 'budget' is.
All in all I will say that I think hiring a mid-twenties college grad as a front line sales person is just not the way to go. Hiring them as a designer to draw pretty pictures in the office....ok. Out in someone's house selling YOUR livihood....no.
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