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re: When and how did you decide on your career path?

Posted on 7/23/15 at 2:57 pm to
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 2:57 pm to
Haven't yet. I found I enjoyed working with adventure tours, so I went back to that. I suppose if that gets old, I will find something else.

Posted by DosManos
Member since Oct 2013
3552 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:03 pm to
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Haven't yet. I found I enjoyed working with adventure tours, so I went back to that. I suppose if that gets old, I will find something else.


I've been wanting to reach out to you after your summer job thread a while back. Mind if I email you one day?
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:09 pm to
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I've been wanting to reach out to you after your summer job thread a while back. Mind if I email you one day?


This post was edited on 7/23/15 at 3:16 pm
Posted by DosManos
Member since Oct 2013
3552 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:11 pm to
Gracias
Posted by Big_Sur
Member since Nov 2012
1176 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:19 pm to
I was about 11 years old, back in 1995 when I bought a book on HTML and taught myself. I got a degree in Philosophy from Auburn almost a decade ago and now I manage websites in corporate marketing for a $4billion/yr software company.

Really I think watching Sandra Bullock in The Net back in the mid 90's was a major factor in my career. Working on a laptop from the beach & ordering a pizza online sold me on the future.
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
63525 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:36 pm to
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As long as you get into the right job sales is a great job and not that hard





I've watched lots of guys get the "right job" and wash out/fail and get fired after 1 year where their predecessor worked 30 hours a week and made 200k+,


You also have to be the right person and have the right skills for the right sales job.
Posted by SabiDojo
Open to any suggestions.
Member since Nov 2010
84835 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:38 pm to
How can you tell if sales is right for you? Do you cold call a lot?
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
24075 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:40 pm to
In high school when I took my first computer science class, and was pretty good at Apple II programming. In or around 1997, the internet exploded, and I knew I was destined for a career in computer science.
Posted by Jakesonaplane
Denver
Member since Nov 2010
7313 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:40 pm to
I decided no one was making shorts and pants cool enough for me, so I decided to rectify the problem. I'll let you know how it pans out.
Posted by cberni1
Metry
Member since Jun 2012
543 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:43 pm to
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healthcare IS
Epic, without divulging much information, do you work for a facility or third party? I'm in the industry as well.
Posted by LOL
Member since Jun 2015
908 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:44 pm to
I ate a turd one day and realized it was delicious
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
63525 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:45 pm to
I don't do it enough but I love to do it when I have time. I've really built my territory up well so I don't have as much time
Posted by Christopher Columbo
Member since Jun 2015
3173 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:50 pm to
I always had a good time going to Ole Miss football games and the grove. I figured why not be a proctologist since I enjoy being around a bunch of assholes.
Posted by LSU Tiger Jason
Member since Nov 2005
1177 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:51 pm to
College, liked animals better than people
Posted by LasVegasTiger
Idaho
Member since Apr 2008
8754 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:52 pm to
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How can you tell if sales is right for you? Do you cold call a lot?


I will say this about my sales experience, my initial sales job the company was awesome. If you made your quota, they don't give a shite what you do during the day or how many cold calls you make.

When the new company came in and bought the company, they pretty much changed everything and ran it like a boiler room. Tracked your cold calls, tracked your emails. You had to have an extremely high amount of out going cold calls for the week. Sucked it up for about the past year while I looked for new work and finally got out.

Like someone said, right company sales jobs can be great. Wrong company, it can suck bad.
Posted by CptBengal
BR Baby
Member since Dec 2007
71661 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:53 pm to
I was 4 years old and saw a special by Jacques Cousteau.
Posted by DosManos
Member since Oct 2013
3552 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:54 pm to
Damn- I didn't write it down. I bookmarked it, but now it's gone.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:54 pm to
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This post was edited on 7/23/15 at 4:28 pm
Posted by LasVegasTiger
Idaho
Member since Apr 2008
8754 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:55 pm to
quote:

I figured why not be a proctologist since I enjoy being around a bunch of assholes.


Posted by DosManos
Member since Oct 2013
3552 posts
Posted on 7/23/15 at 3:55 pm to
Ok thanks a lot. Delete away.
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