I know y’all are gonna yell @ me if this is already a poll but-

my university has a killer saws program but I know a lot of sales vets on here probs didn't have that offered when they were in uni

did you study sales in college? (1 class or more taken)

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poweredbycaffeine
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Well, I worked sales jobs at retail stores throughout college...so I learned how to overcome Karen's objections on the price of a t-shirt or Kyle's objection on the efficacy of Muscle Milk vs standard Whey. 
TheOverTaker
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Senior Account Executive
i always said the best way to teach a college sales class is to stick all the students in the alumni office and have them cold call alumni for donations
Diablo
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Sr. AE
Man good question but I am from a very diverse background (no sales background academically) but sales is fun as a career.
cmkim9112
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Business Development Manager
Sales course was not offered but I took a course on "Introduction to entrepreneurship" and was probably the best course I took
Sunbunny31
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Sr Sales Executive 🐰
I couldn't even tell you if sales was offered.  I was not a business or econ major either.   At the time, I would have avoided classes like these like the plague.
goose
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Sales Executive
Any sales course in college is a waste of time and money.  

Sales is a combination of accounting, management, economics, law, psychology, health care and bartending.  

Spend your time and money learning these things and you'll be an awesome sales person and make a gazillion dollars.  Learn sales and you'll be annoying.
thesecretsauce
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Business Development
Do you think college is a waste in general?
goose
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Sales Executive
Nope.  College shows that you can complete something you set out to complete.  Life lessons are learned.  You get your first (for the most part) hint that life isn't fair and sometimes you have to eat some shit.

Knowledge, however, is found and not gained.  Anyone going to college to memorize things is wasting their time.  They should focus on skills like research, critical thinking and debate.

My 2 cents.  Probably worth less than that.
thesecretsauce
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Business Development
Yeah I studied sales because out of almost 20 business focus areas it most fit my Personality, skill set and career desires
I would have died doing finance or supply chain
goose
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Sales Executive
I'd be curious to see how students are evaluated in sales classes.
thesecretsauce
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Business Development
Presentation, pitches, sales meetings, live recordings in studios that look like offices where you role play discovery calls and are graded by professors (all with sales backgrounds)
goose
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Sales Executive
Interesting.  Could be highly valuable so long as results are measured.  Role plays are very effective but, in the end, results count more.  I can see the value here, though.
thesecretsauce
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Business Development
Of course there’s internships, organizations and sales competitions, networking events to help students work their craft
buckets1
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AE
We had one sales class and I took it because literally every business major regardless of what they wanted to do recommended it. When the finance kids and save the earth non profit types agree that a class is good...you take the class. I chose sales because of that class. Forever grateful it was offered.
dwightyouignorantsale
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Account Executive
I took 2 sales classes in college, but at the time we didn’t have any sort of sales major or minor.
Wellss
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Channel sales
We had a sales program at my college as well & that's what I studied. Interesting program but out of all the courses they made us take, there's only one that stood out to me & seemed necessary
jefe
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Only in my postgrad at business school, undergrad didn't have anything like that.
happyhunter
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spittin' sunshine
My degrees are so far from what I do now it wouldn't have mattered if I had taken a sales course in college or not. After college, I spent my twenties traveling and partying all over the world and only now am I growing up. 

However, those experiences laid the groundwork for me to transition into a sales career.
Fletch
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Full-Time AE/Side-Hustle Owner
I did not. We had entrepreneurship classes but no sales-related classes at that time. Knowing what I know now, I would have loved to have taken a sales class. Back then? I was an idiot and probably would have passed it up.
WomenWantMeFishFearMe
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AM
Schools offer sales?
thesecretsauce
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Business Development
Yes some schools have sales classes/programs/organizations
WomenWantMeFishFearMe
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AM
I wish I had a course like that. I would've loved it.
thesecretsauce
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Business Development
The teachers were incredible
Flippinghubs
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Account Executive
Econ bb 
FromaBlankPerspective
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District Manager
There was one sales class that was part of my business school courses, so I am admittedly not familiar with what the courses would even look like. That being said, sales is so dynamic and variable by product, industry, geography, etc. I would be curious to know what feedback people have after studying it in school and then being in the workforce. 
Kosta_Konfucius
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Sales Rep
There was a sales emphasis I could do with my major
Cyberjarre
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BDR
Not sure about other companies but mine but is always encouraging to hire people that are not white males but if they are the best fit for the position over someone with a diverse background I think they should go with whoever would be a better fit for the company and not based on race or gender.
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