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After spending a few days in the company of many Sales Guys, this article is especially funny. What I think is funny are (1) the companies where there is no sales guy, and the engineer/developer you end up dealing with is doing his best impression of a sales guy (they're just so darn cute trying to play hardball), or (2) the ones that actually *are* sales guys masquerading as earnest do-gooders with your best interests at heart (not as cute, but can be equally entertaining).
 

There's a third (and probably more...):

the sales person that's just been on a negotiating/active listening /whatever course.

One of our DartMail account managers was a really nice guy (that's not to say your're not Matt, if you're reading this). In fact he was so nice that he told me he'd recently got back from a negotiating course just as we were about to start contract negotiations.
 

Humpf, as a sales person I take affront at these things. Luckily I've just on on a course to teach me to empathise, so I do understand what you're saying. ;-)

Tom