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title: Which Majors Best Prepare Future Sales Engineers? (NAASE Mini Study)
description: NAASE's founder and VP Ken Lambert analyzed a recent LinkedIn poll
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# Which Majors Best Prepare Future Sales Engineers? (NAASE Mini Study)

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 Sergiy Kyrychenko

September 26, 2025

NAASE's founder and VP Ken Lambert analyzed a recent LinkedIn poll. Mechanical and Industrial majors were top choices, with CS and Software maintaining strong positions. Among practicing SEs, the preference for Mechanical and Industrial is even stronger. The full write-up and charts are available [here](https://sales-engineering.org/publications/best-college-majors-for-potential-new-sales-engineers/).

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