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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid graduated from one of the big 3 private schools in the DMV with a 2.8 GPA.  He attended UVA on a partial athletic scholarship and graduated with a 2.1 GPA in accounting major two years ago.  He got his first job through a Sidwell alumni, who played the same sport and graduated twenty years ago, for 90K/yr with bonus.  He just got promoted to director of sale with a salary of 300k/yr.  Networking is 100 times more important than grade.  [/quote]
ah..meritocracy at work.  /s    Clearly, you don't need that much brain power for sales jobs.  I'm glad he's not doing anyone's accounting.[/quote]

You sound bitter.

And you miss her point.

And sales jobs are hard to do and hard to keep, so if he doesn't perform it will be on him.  Also, sales jobs are where the money for everyone else's salaries come from, and why most CEOs are promoted from revenue lines.

So, in addition to bitter, you sound ignorant.[/quote]
I would hate to be in sales. I'm in high tech, so no, not bitter.

Sales jobs are hard in that it takes a lot effort, but not necessarily smarts.  There would be nothing to sell if someone hadn't made the widget or service. That takes some smarts.[/quote]

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