When I was a kid, I wanted to be a _________. Well…that plan fell through, now I’m in sales.

We all had dreams and aspirations at one point. Curious to hear yours.

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loxinabox
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Federal Account Executive
Army Officer- Did that for a while and realized how much it sucked. SaaS sales is 1000x better than my “dream” was.
TheNegotiator
Arsonist
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VP of Sales
Litigation lawyer. I would’ve been the greatest the world has ever seen. Would’ve gone through with it too if my parents were a bunch of dumb fucks.
hh456
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sales
Wanted to be an athlete. Pursued it well into my 20’s, was a fringe professional and now my body is wrecked. When you’re in your late 20’s and have no skills, boy have I got the job for you! Sales.
Incognito
WR Officer
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Master of Disaster
I feel you hard on this one. Except I waited until 40 😂
amyhyoung
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Vp ops
What sport?
UserNotFound
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Account Executive
Elementary- astronaut Middle school- neuroscientist High school- trophy wife 😂
emerge.life
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Field Sales Development Executive
That went well!
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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Marine biologist. Teacher. News anchor. PR. Sales grabbed me and hasn't let go. 
datnillawafer
Big Shot
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Account Executive
Well, I wouldn’t say that my plans fell through so much as I got my first sales job in high school and discovered it was fun, I was really good at it, and I could make a lot of money if I stuck with it. But before that I wanted to be a sports broadcaster.
LordBusiness
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Chief Revenue Officer
Navy fighter pilot, the Lawyer. The fighter pilot fell through cause I’m deaf in one ear and couldn’t pass Navy physical. I chose to move away from law because the only way to make any real cash is to represent gross people, or push paper around. And the cost of education was ridiculous.
pretengineer
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Head of the crumpets
Rubbish truck driver Archaeologist Historian
Incognito
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Master of Disaster
Yes please 
Gyro25
Notorious Answer
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Account Executive
Elementary school - Herpatologist, high school - Special forces or counter narcotics. 
ragnarlothbrok
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Key account manager
Jet fighter pilot! 
FattySnacks
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Senior Account Executive
Wanted to be a doctor. Did pre med in college and quickly realized I wanted nothing to do with medicine.
UnTalOden
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veterinarian.
Incognito
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Master of Disaster
That could have been a career path for me, but I don’t think I’d be able to handle all the assholes who clearly don’t take good care of their animals. Or will sacrifice care because they’d rather buy a Gucci bag or some shit. And you’d have to smile and not tell them to go fuck themselves. 
Finesy
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Account Representative III
Not my childhood aspirations but my actual degree is in Emergency management. I wanted to do disaster response and travel to natural disasters to perform first aid and triage.
AlecBaldwinsHairline
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Head of Sales Development
Marine Biologist.
Do.it.for.the.checks
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Account Executive
Sales. I was born drinking coffee
thesecretsauce
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Business Development
Veterinarian Animal rescue officer Rapper Pastor Billy Mays (lol) Evil vampire scientist Astronaut IG influencer
LegacySoftware
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Strategic Account Executive
In high school, I wanted to go to college for graphic design. Learned they don’t make any money, hopped my sweet as into sales.
SaaSam
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Account Executive
Wanted to be a lawyer, until I realized how much school I had to go to and how much paperwork was involved. Hated school, hated homework.
followingup
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Account Executive
Ugh, rock star
Incognito
WR Officer
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Master of Disaster
Aka alcoholic so samesies? 
SaaSCowboy
Good Citizen
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Sales Director
I wanted to be a cowboy and I still do.  Hopefully I can make enough money in sales to buy/build my own ranch make the dream come true!
Puncheur
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Sr RevOps Manager
Police Officer. Really dodged a bullet on that one. 
sav
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Account Executive (Enterprise)
😂 
pinkiesup
Catalyst
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In marketing. Really glad I didn’t go down that path lol
sav
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Account Executive (Enterprise)
The bright side is, it could always be your fall-back. 😂 
salesman23
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OSL
Veterinarian or FBI agent hahaha
SaaSKicker1000
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Depending on the stage of my life, I wanted to be a baseball player, tennis player, or someone in the Air Force - a bit of luck and a lot of God’s humor got me to today.
Allisce
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Account Executive
Doctor lol
GlobalLeader
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Director, Global Accounts
Typical professional athlete.. LOL
neversettle
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SDR
Flight Attendant
artofsales
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Sr. Director of Enterprise Sales
Sprinter. But hey! I didn't just fall in to sales.
Incognito
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Master of Disaster
As a kid: An artist. Sculptor, more specifically. 

After that: An Olympian. 
SaaSyBee
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Founder
A singer or an elementary school teacher or a teacher who sings a lot
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What was your first sales role that made you realize you were born to do this? Mine was girl scouts and moving way more cookies than the rest of my fellow brownies

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What is one thing you know now that you wished you knew when starting in sales?

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For those of you who failed their first sales job and then recovered and now are doing well... what’s your story?

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