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Master of Disaster
Art History major, business minor.

Finished my degree for fun while running my own successful business, raking in around $200k a year. Did the whole thing in under 2 years and 3+ hrs of daily commuting. Summa Cum Laude, and I didnโ€™t have time to sleep on Tuesdays.

ย I was going to keep going but my biggest client decided to pay me too much to stop. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ
Ace
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CEO
Not me. I always thought I'd be an engineer. But glad I took this turn to sales though
CJE
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Account Executive
What made you go on this path?
Ace
Arsonist
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CEO
Always wanted to be an entrepreneur. So took the road and as a result I've to sell
MMMGood
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Senior Account Executive
Nope. Graduated with a degree in Theology and started my career as a youth minister...selling God to teenagers.ย 

So...I guess maybe a little? ๐Ÿ˜‹
Rallier
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SDR Manager and Consultant
I've never met anyone that intended to get into sales. It just happens
Trinity
WR Officer
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BusDev
Not me. I wanted to be a cardiologist.
haveyouupdatedsalesforce
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Inside Regional Manager
I've only met one person in my 15+ year career that I thought "They grew up wanting to be in sales"

Sunbunny31
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Hahahaha, no.ย  ย Fine Art and Art History majors.ย  ย Sales at the time meant guys in cheap suits hustling lemons at a used car lot.ย  Little did I know...
CharmingSalesGal
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Account Executive
Was JUST telling someone that sales is never a talked about career path in college when it could be it's own gd major. You need to know about Communication, Marketing, Business, Psychology, Sociology and probably more!
Chep
WR Officer
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Bitcoin Adoption Specialist
Was a Film & Media major in college so very similar and got this job because I needed the money. Quickly realized a lot of the skills are similar to ones needed in the entertainment industry and have not looked back. ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ”ฅ
Balloons4baboons
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Account Executive
If I had have known I was going to get into sales I wouldn't have gone to college. I left 2 years in when I got a decentish paying sales job and couldn't justify the student loan debt. Once I started to gain experience I was able to go from slinging cell phones at AT&T to selling software. If I knew that was my path I'd have avoided college and amassing any student loan debt.
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Did you go to College planning to be in sales or what got you into sales?

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If you could go back to your college days, would you still have chosen sales?
63% Yes
37% No
150 people voted
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Did you go to college before you got into Sales or did you dive right into it after high school?

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College Educated or Straight out of High School?
87% College
13% Straight out of High School
55 people voted
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If you took sales classes in college, how well did it prepare you? If you didn't take any in college, do you wish you did?

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