Others made lateral transitions to other entry level B2B sales and make a mere 80-100K. Now they are saddled with debt and can't find a job. Some gave up on sales altogether and went to law school. Even as I entered the med device sales industry, many folks from my old B2B job struggled to make the same transition as I did. It was clear many folks were there out of default, not because they desired the needed skills to succeed long term. Over the course of my time at that first B2B sales job, I saw a ton of folks prosper and drop off. I was the douchebag who carried around my first big paystub (20K quarterly bonus). My friends were in disbelief as I left them in the dust 2 years out of college. Imagine the ridicule I got from my co-workers at the insurance company when I told them I was going into sales. Luckily, I was hired for my first B2B job making the same base pay I made as a claims rep. Despite that stigma, I was tired of making shit pay and working harder than anyone. That's what I thought of salespeople, which is from my experience public perception. "Having the personality for selling" to me at the time meant being of dubious character and somewhat of a loudmouth. I thought to myself, why the fuck did I go to college for a degree when I could have made 60K without out (seemed like a ton of money to 22 year old me.) After prodding from friends who told me I had the personality for selling, I decided to tap into my network to see if I could find a decent sales role. At a house party, I met a dude who didn't go to college but was making 60K selling cars at a local dealership. At 21 or 22, most of my friends were in the same boat. These were late 40's and 50's folks who reveled in office bureaucracy and enforced the ridiculous pecking order that dictated our pay regardless of contribution. The "big swinging dicks" in my department were making about 80-90K. When I graduated, my first job was a claims rep at a huge insurance company. It was ingrained in my mind that I needed a graduate degree in something to make six figures.
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My father was a programmer and most of my professional acquaintances were in the medical field or lower-middle class clerical jobs. Mostly, because I didn't know any successful salespeople. While in school I would never have dreamed I would be selling for a living. I've seen your posts the last few days and it's clear you're strongly considering your post college career options. I'll preface this post with the obvious: I'm a strong proponent of sales as a career and likely biased.
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