HanzoHasashi

Associate Account Executive

AE's, BDMs, and Sales Managers - Would you go back to being an SDR to see if you still got it?

recently picked up a part time commission role at a software company that didn't wana pay fulltime wages or benefits or a salary but i took it as an opportunity to see if i can still kill it as i once did in my jr roles.

have any of ya'll considered doing the same?

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CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Hey good for you for taking on a personal challenge!

No way in hell I'd be interested. 😎

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

HAHA yeah i told this to my former colleagues from other companies once and they thought i was nuts. truthfully it was total boredom but no regrets (yet)

1nbatopshotfan

Politicker

Sales

Big same to this

Kiona

Opinionated

Head of Business Development

Fuck no!

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

Fuck. No.

I don’t need part time work. Get paid what you want/deserve and use your free time to enjoy yourself.

ClutchDeluxe

Valued Contributor

asking people for money

Fuck. No. exactly what I was thinking too

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

Then i must be nuts to only obsess over sales 24/7

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

Might be time to find a hobby that is fueled by commish.

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

The true commish is coming from my day job . This gig is just to keep me less bored (ADHD)

Samsamoon

Opinionated

Associate

hello I am liking of bob vagine. Is gud

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

…more engaging hobbies? Sure fire way to hate sales/get burned out is to do nothing but sales.

paddy

WR Officer

Director of Business Development

And relegate myself back to hell? Yeah, no thanks.

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

HAHA i prefer calling it the dog house

funcoupons

WR Officer

👑

No. I know I can generate pipeline. It’s the most uninteresting part of the job though, so not interested in it as a grind.

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

What is the most interesting part of the sales career for you? If it's not the being-on-edge-have-to-crush-it ?

funcoupons

WR Officer

👑

Closing deals and seeing the comm hit my bank account.

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

That'$ mo$t of u$ ($ure hope $o)

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Totally not something I'd be interested in doing.

But I'll tell you a secret - I was never a BDR or SDR. I skipped that step.

I do visualize taking a shift at a restaurant and blow them all away with my superior skills...even though it's been more than 20 years. Then I think, nah. And tip heavily.

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

Caped crusader Resto Worker @ night
AE during the day...that's an origin story.

In all fairness skipping over SDR is respectful. I know a few folks who did that when coming in from different industries. What was your first sales role title?

ClutchDeluxe

Valued Contributor

asking people for money

Ha same, I was waitstaff for years at university and I dream about having a restaurant sometimes. Then I remember that I like eating at restaurants better than working at them.

I also skipped a lead gen role but I’ve always had to do my own prospecting anyway

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

Why would I take a pay cut?

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

eh think of it more as a hypothetical challenge? where you can still make the same salary but took this as a side project for your company..idk

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

I mean, I'm an enterprise AE but still so my own outreach.

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

no bdr to schedule meetings and demos for you? thats pretty sick dude

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

I have a BDR but still prospect on my own

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

sick bruv

E_Money

Big Shot

💰

I did this sometimes during call blitzes for example. I'd put on my SDR Hat for a day to show the kids how it's done and to keep my skills sharp.

But I would not go back full time, no way.

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

Good on you to still step back in the ring. We make jokes about VPs and how they haven't closed a deal since 1840. Mad respect to those who still lead from the frontline.

sahil

Notable Contributor

Deepak Chopra of Sales

I am still the only SDR at Bravado, and work hard to feed leads to our VP and AE. It's the most important part of the sales process (no leads, no deals).

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

Nice. Thats actually quite amazing. how does the pressure of trying to bust it as an SDR work now compared to your earlier years in sales? is it the same excitement, nervousness and stress? or has it become something else?

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

Well, he’s not an SDR. He’s a founder that has the responsibility of several salaries on his head. If he doesn’t open up doors he will be shutting his. That’s the ultimate stress, innit @sahil

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

Sahil on almost-shit-myself mode 24/7? Stressful AF

JECU

Opinionated

Account Manager / Co-Founder

Same here. The second I stop, my company stops.

peachykeen

Politicker

sae e-commerce

I’ve never been an SDR, only a BDR that’s an AE but, no. Honestly SDR jobs sound really, really horrendous. Literally any other sales industry is better. IMO. I’d sling booze and spend my days as a territory manager in Walmarts, Publix stores and Whole Foods in Naples, FL circa ‘12 before hanging over a phone. Oh wait 😎

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

Spill the tea peachy 👀

peachykeen

Politicker

sae e-commerce

Wine/Spirits sales 🤙🍾🥂🍷🍹🍸🥃 best way to kick off adult life ever.

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

"to be a dopeman you must qualify, dont get high off your own supply"
Jokes aside that is the best way to adult.

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Definitely not

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

:'(

JuiceBox

Opinionated

Director

TheNegotiator

Arsonist

VP of Sales

I still got it. I definitely still got it. Would I be rusty? Maybe a little. Probably a little, but I definitely still got it.

I don’t need to work 6x as hard for 20% of the money to prove it. I did my time in the trenches.

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

Rolling 20's all day

Thats a no for me dawg

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

And for that reason I'm out

SalesBeast

Politicker

Sales Director

That’s a Helllllllll no from me chief.

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

...pussy. No I'm totally joking.
Going back to SDR on the side has its headaches (trust me lmao)

SalesBeast

Politicker

Sales Director

I got a kid family and make way too much to do that shit again. If I was hurting for money I get it.
I do respect the grind. But would rather pickup dog shit for work than be an SDR again.

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

Is your nickname Bobby Axelrod?

Jokes aside. Balancing sales and a kid is a different kind of skill altogether. I respect your grind.

Demetris

Sales Director

Hell no. I couldnt handle doing the same thing every day again.

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

Damn Dimitri

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

In one word - never

FinanceEngineer

Politicker

Sr Director, sales and partnerships

Would you go back to high school to see if you can handle it?
This is you moonlighting for cash, and are offering a more experienced person than the company can afford.

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

Doesn't have to be moonlight. It could simply even be a thing where a senior in sales wants to take a project to see if they can still crush it

as for highschool - never had an issue handling it the first time. I could probably crush it the second xD

Annonny

Big Shot

Account Executive

No..I'd quit hahaha

IYNFYL

Politicker

Enterprise SaaS AE

Over worked and under appreciated = SDR life

Avon

Politicker

Senior Account Executive

Not a chance. That role was boring, degrading, monotonous, and bad for my mental health in general. I wouldn't encourage anyone to take a SDR role unless they were really passionate about that specific company. There's enough companies that will hire full cycle AEs straight out of college that wont trap you in that "no closing experience" cycle.

ChumpChange

Politicker

Channel Manager

That's going to be a no for me dawg but I commend you on the tenacity.

Hoopnip

Politicker

Commercial AE

You must not have kids.

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

Lets make a baby

Hoopnip

Politicker

Commercial AE

Depending on who you ask nowadays Men supposedly can have babies. I’ll let you be the bottom.

legaltechsales

Good Citizen

Regional Sales Manager

Child please

The_Sales_Badger

Notorious Answer

Account Executive

If you’re an AE, I suggest taking the SDR mentality. Would I go back? That’s a hell to the no... But part of me is still there - just with more fulfillment.

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

Professional Day Ruiner

I would love to see some people do this. I know a few AE's that love to treat SDR's large garbage and complain about every meeting they get from them... would be interesting to see how they do going back into that role

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

No way in hell I can do that!

HanzoHasashi

Valued Contributor

Associate Account Executive

Between you and I. I did it as I was posting this thread and it opened some hella doors for me on an enterprise level.

Making more money than most sales folks in the previous industry I was in.

Pachacuti

Politicker

-3

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

If you clasify an SDR as just a lead gen person, this is a moot argument to me since I am responsible for my own pipeline. Even when I had SDRs, I was still responsible. No one should rely 100% on SDRs for their pipeline.

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