Social Security lets you see how much you’ve made. I’m 31 now. Got into tech during covid. Looking back idk how I survived bankruptcy and massive depression most of my life. Still no degree. Sales and refusing to give up did this.






🙏 Mental Wellness
📳 SaaS
🎉 Wins
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jefe
Arsonist
11
🍁
Those are some ups and downs, you've obviously got a lot of perseverance.

Seems like you've hit your stride of late though, despite a few hiccups!
CuriousFox
WR Officer
6
🦊
Very nice
jefe
Arsonist
6
🍁
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Pachacuti
Politicker
8
They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
It’s called Grit. Good sales people have it.
BigShrimpin
Catalyst
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Account executive
gotta eat shit every day until you can have some lobster
MeowMeow
Politicker
4
Senior Enterprise Account Executive
Now that’s something to be proud of!
sugardaddy
Politicker
4
🍬
Seem solid. Keep that grind going!
antiASKHOLE
Tycoon
4
Bravado's Resident Asshole
solid build up
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
4
☕️
Did you get the year long flu in 2016?
Goomba
Opinionated
3
Director
Nah that year I was unemployed and just focused on joining the military. I was fat and had to get in shape before MEPs
Justatitle
Big Shot
4
Account Executive
Resiliency is represented here, awesome to see, keep climbing
medhardwaredr
Opinionated
3
Director of Sales NA
Looks great keep it up!
Sunbunny31
Politicker
2
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
That could be me, in the 90s. Well done!
Goomba
Opinionated
2
Director
How’d you break your slump of shitty low paying work?
Sunbunny31
Politicker
2
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
Broke out of shitty, low-paying jobs!

More seriously, I had been working in food service. Left a management job to be a food server. Decided I needed to do more, and responded to a job posting for an office assistant. That job was with a tech start up, and I never looked back.
Goomba
Opinionated
1
Director
Great story! I was lucky to hire a couple people from restaurant work that are still doing well. Something about the “can’t get any worse” experience makes people want that success more than anything.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
1
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
Good restaurant workers are excellent hires. Multitasking, prioritizing, and being generally pleasant are table stakes. That’s a great foundation for sales.
oldcloser
Arsonist
2
💀
Looks upwardly mobile to me
SportsSalesGuy
Tycoon
2
Enterprise Account Executive
Amazing man! The beauty of sales, they don't teach sales in school, therefore you don't really need a degree. You need a hard work ethic, perseverance, ability to learn, be versatile and adapt, and constantly sharpening your skills and you will make it.
Just like in life, better yourself everyday in your personal and professional relationships, better your health (body & mind) and work on your craft. Your life will level up in all areas.
Hardest part is and always will be...CONSISTENCY!
vet
Catalyst
2
Senior SDR
Appreciate you sharing. Similar comp as you
pirate
Big Shot
2
🦜☠️ Account Executive
Impressive! You never gave up
AnchorPoint
Politicker
2
Business Coach
At least you are trending the right way!
Chep
WR Officer
1
Bitcoin Adoption Specialist
Hell yea. Now we just need to get social security cancelled so we can stop paying taxes on a system that will be bankrupt by the time it's our turn to collect
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Has massive growth ever led to mental breakdown? I have been hustling since 17 years old chasing to strive for success doing odd jobs and unintentionally ended up with Edtech K12 Sales as my first official sales job - A toxic culture with no employee respect eventually me to switch after 18 months. Since reps in Edtech are highly valued, had no option but to continue in Edtech sales. This time it was higher education segment, things looked good in the first few month but slowly it started adapting methodologies like the old Edtech since the management was changed. I decided to move out and switch to B2B SaaS. After 13 months of learning & success, my aspirations weren’t matching with the growth vision shared by my manager and ended up being desperate to switch. Got to a AM-Inside Sales role with a 50% hike. Guess what? It led to my mental break down since the culture is pathetic. In entire journey, all challenges never affected my performance but l am losing the spark to glow and hustle eventually. While I plan to switch, a token of guilt is still alive. The experiences have made me far better and strong as a BDR but blank about the next steps in my career. Thanks for reading. Do share your thoughts.

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Is there a good place to start selling ? I have personality but have no clue how to sell. I’d like to change careers, yet I just had a baby boy. I’m the provider making about 68k a year and feel like I can’t go below that without a struggle.

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