Anonymous wrote:OP, you have to be brutally honest with your dc that this is NOT going to be successful career path for him unless he is very good looking and personable.

Stop with this idea you have to be beautiful to do well in sales. You just need to be well put-together, which is a different thing.

You have to be personable and grind. If the idea of "networking" seems great to you, than you can be in sales.

It's not for everyone. Even for PTA, I hate asking people to part with their money lol. Even for a good cause.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed.

How’s that homesteading working out for you?

It’s a quote from Say Anything you dolt.

Best movie quote!

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Anonymous wrote:I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed.

How’s that homesteading working out for you?

It’s a quote from Say Anything you dolt.

The use quotes and attribute, you dolt.

On Wall Street a lot of former Ivy athletes end up in financial sales as they are smart enough to figure out the financial part of it enough to speak reasonably intelligently about it and really good at the interpersonal part.

I started out as a technical producer in my field but eventually moved into a client facing manager role and now about one-third of my job is sales. It’s a different skill set but it’s less work.

Offers lot of flexibility and WFH options.

My son does software sales and is an extreme extrovert and was a college athlete so he fit the stereotype.

It seems like all of his friends either went into finance, accounting, consulting, or software sales.

I have worked in SaaS software for quite a while. I would definitely encourage a smart new grad who can pick up new things and isn't afraid of technology and genuinely likes to talk to people to consider SaaS software sales for a tech startup. You start with small accounts at startups where you are basically doing inside sales talking to folks who are close to your age, then if you (and he company) do well you move up to speaking to more senior folks. Yes, there's a huge threat from AI specifically in software sales, but there are still many opportunities and a great learning experience, and enterprise sales are still going to be done by humans for quite a while. Good sellers at software companies make as much as all but the very top engineers. Also exposure to other careers like product management, customer success, and marketing.

Anonymous wrote:I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed.

IYKYK
Still one of my favs.

Anonymous wrote:Former consultant in sales here. It depends on what you want to sell and to whom but my background is definitely an advantage; having a more technical background and being able to talk to executives (who I sell to) as someone with actual industry knowledge is hugely beneficial.

Was going to say essentially the same thing. Also, while I am sure some just like the art of selling, for longevity it helps to care about the purpose or end goal, mission even, of what you are selling. You don’t want to run the risk of opening fake bank accounts or hawking opioids just to make a buck.

Former consultant in sales here. It depends on what you want to sell and to whom but my background is definitely an advantage; having a more technical background and being able to talk to executives (who I sell to) as someone with actual industry knowledge is hugely beneficial.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed.

How’s that homesteading working out for you?

It’s a quote from Say Anything you dolt.

All of these people are so focused on "merit" yet have zero cultural literacy. I would hire the slightly weaker "merit" candidate who knows about other things, smiles and can tell the occasional joke any day. They will do a lot better in life. In keeping with this thread about sales. People buy from people they like. Charisma matters a lot in the world. But not on DCUM. All about taking calculus as a 9th grader, playing a bunch of instruments, fencing, doing summer research instead of having some fun, and studying for tests. Boring!

Touché!

Anonymous wrote:OP, you have to be brutally honest with your dc that this is NOT going to be successful career path for him unless he is very good looking and personable.

Pp here who is in sales and married someone in sales. I know a lot of successful salespeople. The great looking thing is a bit of an overblown myth. You don’t have to be naturally very good looking or have a perfect body, but you do have to be what I call “inoffensive” looking and enjoy conversation.

A very wise professor told me that everyone is in sales, whether they realize it or not. Riding up the ranks is almost any org requires sales skills. If your kid is good at it, he can go super far.