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You need to understand that you are probably 2-3 months away from changing the trajectory of your life forever Head down for 2-3 months and the results will be great, but what's even greater is the type of person you end up becoming There is a big difference between a person that can go head down for 2-3 months and a person that can't The only way to be that person is to do it. You have nothing to lose. Literally nothing to lose All to gain.
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Dude I know that works at McKinsey: $380k total comp after bonus Told me he pulls 90 hour weeks Has to "schedule" time when he wants to hangout with his girlfriend Can't hit the gym Little to no social life Works more than 8 hours days on weekends very often We are talking about Tech now
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Every young man needs to experience a Tier 1 city for a few years Peak age to do this : 21-27 ESPECIALLY if you are young, hungry, and driven You get: - more opportunity - more beautiful woman - job market - going out scene - amazing gyms Tier 1 city list: - Chicago - NYC - Austin - Boston - San Diego The ones I like ^ I know there’s plenty more
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Met a guy in the sauna this morning He's on the sales team at Palantir He got a pretty decent equity package when he joined, $16/share The stock is trading for $125 right now "Yeah I've got a pretty big set of golden handcuffs" he said Crazy By the way... You meet good people at the gym if you hit it in the morning or during the day
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All my richest friends have stupid work ethic And they r a bit frugal And sort of obsessed with investing Lesson in there
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Buddy of mine has 3 roles rn - all remote AE CSM SDR Total comp is $450k Most people couldn't do it though. Dude's a psychopath Putting all extra income into rental homes, btc and stocks Will probs retire earliest out of my friend group Funny thing is though, guys with this type of grind/motivation aren't the type to retire and do nothing He's just going to keep running it up
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Tech sales wifi money crypto weights & running Find a way to get involved in all 4 of these if you want to be rich and live life on ur own terms Simple
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My Tech Sales career has come to an end. No more 9-5. I'm going all in on my business 3.5 years ago I got into Tech Sales and it truly changed my life financially and professionally I went from SDR to SDR team lead to SMB AE to Mid Market AE - All at one company the entire time #1 SMB AE, Pclub in MM, it was a great run 1.5 years into my Tech Sales career I started posting on socials I launched a coaching offer and scaled it to $15k/mo while helping over 100 people break into this life changing career path I'll still be running my coaching program, but that's not the main business I will be focusing on The majority of my time will be spent building out my GTM focused staffing business Our mission will be to help sellers find dream companies that can change the trajectory of their career forever While also helping companies find the talent needed to get to their next milestone Currently I'm partnered w/ some of the best Series A/B/C start ups in Silicon Valley and NYC, as well as a couple bigger companies This is the beginning. Big things will come from this and this business will go places that most wouldn't be able to think of Excited to take you along & maybe help you change the trajectory of your career forever Let's build.
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Tech Sales If you want to be a top performer, you must be able to explain complex products and the value they bring in plain english It's never been easier to be able to do this. Chat GPT alone has made this 10x easier The opportunity is right here in front of you Become a seller that can consult
There is insane demand for people who can understand and explain technology in a compelling way.
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We don't realize how spoiled we are in Tech Sales It takes most people a couple decades to crack $200k Some will never even get close to $200k In year 2 or 3 you can crack a $200k year in Tech Sales By either completely crushing in SMB or slightly over performing in Mid Market Let's say you're 28, you're a MM AE and you make $158k That's considered a bad year. Go tell your friends outside of Tech Sales that They will look at you like you're crazy That's a bad year. Good year would be $200k - $250k It's different here
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For my young lads, $5K/month unlocks stability — bills paid, no stress. $10K/month unlocks experiences — travel, investing, and getting ahead. $20K/month unlocks freedom and long-term wealth. Tech sales is the fastest path to all three, for anyone willing to put in the work.
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Imagine being an engineer type of guy Bust it in college for 5-6 years $65k-$70k when u graduate 3-5% raises per year Meanwhile some random SDR w/no degree banks $95k their first year Gotta make them sick Tech sales bros up
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Life is crazy Left my cushy tech sales job less than 3 months ago Was making over $300k/yr pretty easily between my Mid Market AE role and Coaching biz Wanted something more Left my 9-5 and burned the boats to start a GTM focused recruiting agency Fast forward to today and my day is full of talking to founders, heads of sales, and some of the best sales people in the world I'm partnering w/ some of the best early stage companies in the world Decagon, Listen Labs, Vapi, Mintlify, Slope & many more Everything from SDR to Enterprise AE We are off to a crazy fast start and this is just the first chapter Excited to keep this rolling and sharing success/struggle stories and also opportunities w/ the Tech Sales X world Go chase your dreams Anon, I love you
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Here is the brutal reality of Sales: Monday you do 50 dials, you don't set a meeting Tuesday you do 67, no meetings Wednesday you do 28, no meetings Thursday you do 57, no meetings Friday you do 45, 3 brand new meetings 3 new meetings in 1 week, great week But you felt defeated almost all week Sales is a game of controlling your emotions and continuing to push forward
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Key to happiness: Bros Loyal girl Sales job Side biz Goals that kinda scare you Relationship w/ god It is a simple life but we complicate it so much
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Grabbed coffee w/an Enterprise BDR @ Google Cloud Here are some major takeaways for you: - "Yeah man some bdr's just WFH, work 20 hours a week and make $200k" - You can promo straight to Enterprise AE after about 2-4 years in seat... w/ the right relationships - It's extremely political. Relationships w/ AE's, SDR mgmt, and AE mgmt are what will help you progress your career - Cloud infra and Saas are 2 completely different ball games. You're working w/ true enterprise clients and the work you do can be transformational. Not selling widgets - Relationships w/ your AE are everything when it comes to hitting quota. Sounds like if you take things off their plate and genuinely add value, they will get you to your number - The role is what you make it. You can be the hide behind the curtain, wfh, work 20 hours a week guy. Or you can be the work 40 hours a week, absolute grinder, make a name for yourself & promo to Ent AE guy - If you have no cloud experience, you won't get any AE role. Even if you are a MM AE or Enterprise AE. They'd typcially rather promo a Ent BDR from Google who has proven themselves over a experienced AE w/ no cloud experience
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Sales is really just about having conversations You should never be intimidated by who you're meeting w/ It's just a conversation Find a company that you believe in and a product you can stand behind Bring on the C suite
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Working remote in tech sales is: - hitting the gym at 11:30am after 1 good meeting and 18 cold calls - Doing laundry at 2pm - Shutting off your laptop at 3:30pm It's true
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There are dudes w/ no degree Making doc money By hitting phones No student debt to pay off Sales is chill
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Girl I used to work w/ just texted me She's a Strategic SDR She covers Apple Apple just inbounded and her AE flipped it to a 2 Over 130% to her number now bc he quota is pipe based Instantly in contention for P club and her work for the year is done 1 inbound lol
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The first time I started making "life-changing money" Got into Tech Sales & did valet/bartending on weekends First year in tech sales: $100k+ Side hustle $: $50k ish I had just moved out of my parents, pretty much paid for all my expenses w/ valet and bartending money Banked most of my tech sales money This wouldn't be life changing money now But at 23/24 it was Tech Sales + good side hustle Truly one of the best combos to set you up Ripping the phone and working w/ people in my spare time Lots of skills were build as well
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In the most respectful way possible, Every single good looking girl should be in sales They just absolutely crush Software, dental, med, real estate They just crush man, end of story
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If you're in sales And you've made it to this side of X Do not fade Tech Sales Find the right spot and your catapulting your career financially Early retirement
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You land a job in tech sales You have two options - Coast and have a mediocre career - Become a subject matter expert, triple down on skills and live a life that most dream of and drool over on social media Choice is urs
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Multiple M's liquid Beautiful wife and kids $300k+/yr The American dream is live and well At least for those of us in Tech Sales that is
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The newest SDR class at Salesforce has been assembled
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The easiest way to make $10k/mo Is getting a W2 job Shut up
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Easiest way to make $200k-$300k/yr in your 20s is by getting into Tech Sales Simple You can be a Harvard grad or a person w/ no degree As long as you're willing to do the work, $200k-$300k is programmed
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I am THRILLED to announce that I WILL be taking a new role A great recruiter reached out to me and totally sold me on the 8 person company selling an AI product to lawyers This company is going to the moon and eventually public, just like he said. Best part is.. No outbound! He said it's all inbounds :) And the coolest part is that I am the first AE they have had! So I really get to write my own play book :) *sigh*
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Sleep bro Sleep is so important Give me a full 8 hours and i'm pretty much a machine until I go to bed Give me 6.5 and I crash after lunch between 1 and 2 like clock work Sleep will help you hit quota
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Tech sales is wild. Year 1: You're an SDR making $80k+ just for setting up meetings. Year 3: Boom, you’re an AE closing deals for $150-200k. And the top reps? $300k+ like it’s no big deal. But sure, keep ur salaried or hourly paid role TAKE THE JUMP
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Remote sales is elite bc your manager probably lives in another state and will only be able to judge you off performance If you're dialed in, you shouldn't have to work much more than 20 hrs a week to make $85k - $100kish Can also start making wifi money much easier
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A couple weeks ago I made a post about helping my buddy who’s been a valet get a job in Tech Sales He’s 27 and he’s been a Valet since he was 20 Fast forward to today and he landed an offer w/ a pretty amazing company. Will probably make around $95k Attaching a couple photos of the office gym… yeah that’s just the gym He’s remote on Monday/Friday They have the classic tech type office - free snacks, food, amazing views of the city He couldn’t be happier. Life changed forever On top of that, the company promotes to AE fast I actually helped this company hire 2/3 SDRs they brought in Truly brings me back to my first day in the office as an SDR Good times To those out there that are hunting for their first role in tech, keep going For those in tech, remember how good we have it
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ServiceNow PAYS their SDRs: Base Pay: $65k OTE: $90k Top Performers: $150k Best part about this org isn't the pay, it's the quota attainment SDR Attainment: 80% (extremely impressive) ServiceNow is one of the most elite places to work right now in all of Tech Sales, you can tell by just taking one quick glance on @repvue Repvue Score: 90.51 Top 5% of all companies Where to find opportunities like this: tinyurl.com/2h49bjfx
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Top AE at my company ripped over 400% to their number last year Strat AE Probably made over $1.5m Got a suite at Presidents club Flys around on jets w/ C Suite when they go onsite Dudes in his early 30's Building quite the resume Part of it is luck and part of it is skill 100% But he sure joined the company at the right time Made some good connections and career moves to get to where he is at
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If you're a young lad, do me a favor Move to Austin, Miami, NYC, Tampa The places where you can literally feel the energy as you walk through the city Get a Hybrid SDR role in Tech Start networking and building your reputation in the world of software Be a top performer Get in shape Do this for a couple years and then compare your life then to where you were before
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Enterprise SDR Manager I know just got promoted to Director of BD $200k Base $320k OTE Early 30's Wild. I still think the BDR Leadership route is one of the easiest ways to make a bag in Tech Sales
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If you're in sales You've probably been depressed And then snapped out of the depression w/ one good meeting set or close lol
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Recipe for a young man to get rich: - Learn Sales - Land high paying sales job @ a good company - Stack big commissions - Invest commish into Crypto - Lift weights and run Boom
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Just talked to an AE from docusign, here are some quotes: "Should make P club pretty comfortably, it's in Greece this year" "Up for promo in December" "I'm working like 20 hours/week, fully remote" "Making more money than I ever have w/ benefits, stock and all" He was a financial advisor (same firm I was at) prior to getting into tech sales Rarely going to be this easy in Tech Sales But I see still see tech sales as one of the best opportunities out there.
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Nooks is paying their SDR's $120k... Base of $80k Top Performers are making $194k 96.71/100 Score on Repvue (Insane) I'd be shocked if they aren't hiring right now. It's the perfect time to join their company right now If you are on the hunt to break into Tech Sales or just to get a better job in Tech Sales, I would dive into this.
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Sales is a lot easier when: - Companies are requesting to see your product - Your product is a perfect fit for the companies you sell to - You have a favorable comp plan Plan your career accordingly
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It's really simple Learn sales and get really good at it Stack commission Invest in crypto Sell when in massive profit Repeat This is simply the easiest play book out there to get rich right now
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Give me the following tech stack: - Salesforce - Outreach - Zoominfo - Sales Nav - Gong And I'll print your company multiple 7 figs of ARR What tool would you add/replace? Put me on
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I hate to be a broken record but I will be one. Sales Commissions Crypto Repeat Also, don't forget: Roth IRA or 401k if u have it, minimum should be company match 6 months of expenses in a savings account
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The play is still: All in on sales Invest in crypto Repeat Buy ski home & beach home Continue running it up
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It’s literally time to go on a generational run here Go find a top company quick Enterprise AE by the end of trump 4 years Invest all commish into crypto Valhalla
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Give me this tech stack and i'll print ur sales org millions in ARR: - Salesforce - Zoominfo - Sales nav - Outreach - Gong I don't need anything else
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Replying to @damanr
Very weak argument
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Some of you boys just need a W2 sales job to save ur sales career $10k/mo commission only was just a dream you were sold $3k & $2.5k months while working 40 hours and selling a service that doesn't fulfill is not the way to get rich and retire early Get paid $60k to show up and then another $25k+ in commission on top of that Have benefits Maybe get some RSU's (stock) It's better on this side gents
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Sales is the ultimate equalizer Didn’t take high school serious enough for tier 1 college? Didn’t get internships throughout college? Didn’t go to college at all? Yet, you can get into sales and make more than the people who CRUSH the traditional route and make it to top corp companies Sales is the ultimate equalizer
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The closing talk track that turned me into the #1 SMB AE & got me to President's Club at a huge publicly traded company: *Technical Fit is done, prospect wants to buy. But we are by far the most expensive software in the industry so they are balking on price* "Okay so just to be clear, as far as the product on the technical side, is there anything else we want to look at or do you feel like your ready to go on that front?" *They always say yes, we are ready. Remember, tech fit is already done.* "Okay Cool. I have a good relationship with our sales leadership and finance team so I'm happy to help you out on price here." I'm happy to go get you a discount on this. With that said, I know the first thing my team is going to ask me is, "when can they move forward and start implementation by?" So before I go get a discount approved can we lock in a date for a contract signature and an implementation start date?" *They always say yes, and typically ready to start asap if we are this far in* "Great. Well I know I can get you to this, *show price* If I can go get that approved for you, are you open to signing the contract together on Friday and starting implementation on Monday?" Boom. If it's a no, then we can get down to what their real objection is. If we lose the deal, then it probably wouldn't of ever closed anyways. I always got confirmation on start date and a verbal agreement before sending an order form with any sort of discount.
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Officially made prez club Took me till my 3rd full year in tech sales to get to my first p club Was cool seeing my name pop up on the big screen in Vegas I was a shoe in during H1 but my promo to Mid Market half way through the year made it a little dicey Destination: Europe Will be my first time so I'm going to extend the trip for a bit Cheers mate Time to lock in a do it again Let's go mate
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23 year olds in Tech Sales are making more than masters in physics types Just hopped off the phone w/ a kid pushing $110k as an SDR Helping him prep for a GTM spot at a top start up in SF $160k OTE The career path you choose determines how much money you will make Important
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Joining Slack at the perfect time had to of been an infinite money glitch....
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Would you rather make $280k and work 70-80 hour weeks Or $150k working 35-40 hour weeks Explain
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Met a couple Tech Bros in the sauna this morning One of the guys has been at big companies his whole career Currently interviewing for a series D He's looking for a potential equity play Turns out one of his friends got hired at Wiz a couple years ago Made a little over a mil when Wiz got bought by Google for $32B+ I think he's chasing the same type of play In reality his buddy got extremely lucky I think the chances of this happening are incredibly low At a smaller scale yes, you can get little pops Elite networking in Saunas btw
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This is called the trenches mate You might have back 2 back days like this And then set 3 meetings in 20 dials the next day Stay strong 1 dial away
185 dials today Only 8 connects Found 0 people with pain Frustrating
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My girlfriend started posting on tik tok a few months back She has like 5k followers 3 paid collab opportunities reached out to her today alone And she's taking me out to dinner to one of our fav restaurants in a week, completely free. Just needs to make a video She just posts stuff about her life/stuff she likes to talk about Nothing crazy You can just do things
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"SDR is the hardest job you'll have" Ser, You realize that once you are an AE the deals have to close for you to make commissions right?
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You'd be shocked at how lazy some AE's are Even at the BEST companies Direct quote from a colleague at a big publicly traded company: "Yeah I try to make 60 cold calls a week. That's a pretty solid amount I think." Mind you he is a mid-market AE w/ like 75 accounts If you are someone that works hard This should encourage you The bar is set lower than you think
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The longer I'm in software sales, the more I realize how risky it is to jump from company to company The true sales alpha is in becoming an industry expert, building long term internal connections, and finding your groove Every single time you jump ship, you have to relearn everything: - Product - Industry - What prospects care about - The millions of internal things For the right opportunity, yes it can be worth it. But I'll bet you the grass isn't going to be greener
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When I got into Tech Sales, I lucked out by joining a good company But what made me even luckier was the specific team I got put on I had no control of this but it truly catapulted my career forward 3.5 years ago, I got put on a Public Sector SDR team About 12 of us Our manager was probably the most cracked leader in the SDR org, dude actually cared (and lived in a different state than me, so that was chill lol) About 1.5 years in, every single person on that team got promoted Fast forward to today and that team turned into multiple Mid Market AE's, SDR managers, SMB AE Managers, Mid Market AM's Pretty crazy. I'll always be ready to lend a hand to anyone on that team, and they'd do the same for me Sometimes you get lucky Join a good company
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Microsoft is paying their SDR's: $75k Base $145k OTE Top Performers: Over $255k Quota Attainment: 62% - very solid Repvue Large Company Ranking: #9 Forever a premier company to be at They are hiring. They actually just posted a few SDR roles yesterday - LinkedIn
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Get into Sales Make big commission checks Buy $eth, $btc, and $spy Literally put all your commission into investments Then be able to live a life that your wife and kids will be forever grateful for
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The difference between making $70k/yr and $200k+yr isn't as big as it seems The way I see it, here is the main difference: - You can spend at the grocery store w/o thinking or looking at price. Grass fed, organic, da good stuff - Going out w/ friends, you're not really held back much whether it's out to eat or clubs/bars - You can invest a lot more which is the biggest difference. Long term you can retire earlier here - Vacations. You can plan some really fun trips and not feel too much pressure What would you add to this I think the next unlock comes at $350k
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A successful career in tech sales is a ticket to being part of the 1% Emphasis on successful Remember, This is not a game to stay in till we are in our 50s and 60s If you are blessed enough to of started this career in your 20s... Take advantage, set money aside, be a smart investor and retire early
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This is the strategy that helped me get to #1 SMB AE at a big publicly traded company And I'm utilizing it now in mid-market I created a simple follow up google sheet "Prospect Name, Company, General Notes" I had a section for every month If a prospect was open to a chat but not till "later" I'd say "cool" and then I'd do a little bit of discovery, build rapport, genuinely just shoot the shit and try to win them over w/o pushing for a meeting. By the end of the call I would have a really good idea of when I should call them again, and why. This led to me always having around 10-15 good follow ups every month. Warm conversations They remembered me as the non pushy sales guy who somehow remembered to follow up with them 6 months later.
this is dumb. you can’t create urgency.. only discover if there is any. and the guy will forget you shortly after the demo. waste of everyone’s time and your AE will hate you for booking it. typical example of misaligned incentives in tech. Prospect: call me in 6 months 🐲: what will be different on your side in 6 months? after a little back and forth you can ask to set a placeholder meeting with them 6 months out if they’re not open to that, then set a reminder on your side to follow up then in the meantime you move on and keep prospecting
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The guys in their early 20s that are SDR's right now will be collecting easy $350k OTE bags by the time they are 28 This is why tech sales is the way
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If you were staring at a brand new fresh-faced SDR And their mission was to be the #1 SDR at the company What would your 1 cold-calling tip be to them?
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Salesforce is really paying their SDRs eh? lol crazy comp for SDR
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You can just call people Set meetings And close deals from it And like, make fat commission from doing it
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The point of Tech Sales is to leverage a high-income career path And achieve financial freedom as fast as possible And then pivot to something else Get in, climb up Make more money than 99% of people for 10-20 years Pivot to a bigger play or just retire from there Not necessarily the game to be playing when in 50s
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Easiest way to get rich in 2025? Land a role in Tech sales Live off base, invest commission into Crypto Level up your sales skills & promote to AE Start your personal brand (will end up being your highest roi thing that you do) Lift heavy weights and train for a marathon
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$10m Liquid Mountain home Lake House And I can rest peacefully
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Was talking to a guy who's thinking about switching careers because his caps out at around $80k Imagine being 48 years old making $80k after 25 years in the corporate world Then someone tells you the 22 year old sdr who just left the frat house made $95k as an SDR Pivot
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Tech Sales after your 3 years in (if good performance): - Remote and autonomous - 6 figure base - $200k total comp - Vested Equity Complete control of your life in this space. There aren't many careers that are going to be able to compete with it Lock in your future
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Tech Sales career path options: Big Corporate company: - Slow and complacent - Safe - Good comp - Slow promo track - Good for resume - Good for networking into other big corps - Maybe a little equity Start up: - Fast moving, high pace - Risky (depending on what stage - Very fast promo opportunity (Can accelerate career in a very big way) - Great for networking if you want to be in the start up/building world - Probably better comp - Potential for moon bag equity play Either you can have a safe career and have a safe bet on being pretty damn successful Or you can be a little more risky and build something meaningful and get heavily rewarded for it Choice is urs Age/situation plays a big part in what choice you make
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The bar is pretty low It's actually not that hard to stand out early on in your career Especially as an SDR Half of the SDRs I meet don't even really want to be in sales Only about 5-10% of SDRs I meet really stand out The SDRs that are: - Putting time on manager/ae's calendar to get better - Building relationships outside of their team - Do THE WORK Are the ones that will promo to AE in 12-16 months It's really not that hard The people that want it just a little bit more are typically the ones that are going to get it
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No shot a AE closed this $30b deal lol
Dudes on LinkedIn really think a $30b deal was closed by multithreading and building a POV
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Imagine a full day of dialing In the trenches, and nobody is answering A President of one of your solid accounts finally answers He hits you with a, "yeah we're not interested, thanks buddy." Not saying this happened to me yesterday, not saying it didn't
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The top AE's are cold calling whether it's SMB, MM, or Enterprise Average AE's rely on their SDR Enlighten me if i'm wrong here This is reality
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Ramp pays their Enterprise AE's $300k Base: $150k OTE: $300k Top Performer: $433k+ (I bet it's actually way more) Quota Attainment: 61% - Very Good Currently Ramp has all the hype in the software space A true premier company to be at right now Rated in the top 5% of all companies on @repvue tinyurl.com/2p8xe43h
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The most disgusting thing you can do for your sales career is hang around the complainers in the office Stay away from energy suckers like that That's literally going to make you less money
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As far as the Tech Sales Interview process goes The toughest part is understanding the product/what the company actually does Using a LLM like Chatgpt or Claude or Grok to dumb down: - What the company does - What problems they solve - What challenges their prospects face - Why companies should buy Is essential to nailing the interview Dumb this stuff down. You need to understand what the company does to give yourself a shot If you aren't doing this rn you are lightyears behind. Use AI to your advantage
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Take a moment to remind yourself that you are fucking alive You have free will You can do whatever you want today. Start a business, cold call cfo's, launch a course, book a trip to Europe Be grateful for the fact that you can make whatever decision you want today This life is ours We can do whatever we want Be alive
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Friend of mine just left his SMB AE Manager role for a Commercial AE Manager role at a new company Listen to the new comp package $160k Base $320k OTE $120k in RSUs, with the potential to be worth $400k if the company goes public at the expected valuation in a year and a half Not too bad of a lil pivot eh? He has consistently increased his income w/ good job hops every 2-3 years
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I went from the most average SMB AE rep to the #1 in my org & Pclub - all within about 9 months - big public company I sync with new SMB reps every few weeks bc their managers recommend they pick my brain Here's some of the most simple advice every SMB AE needs to succeed and what I wish I had done when I first started: - Focus on ICP and only add those accounts to ur account base (we had a list of 150, we could add drop accounts. You want your entire account base to be good fits.) - This is obvious in hindsight, but everyone is new at some point - Working accounts that fit ur ICP will change everything for u. Save time, enjoy working the deal, and actually solve problems. ICP forever - Pick up the phone. When I wasn't working deals, I literally just ripped dials into DM's & C-suite. This proved to really work for me - Try to learn your product enough to be pretty dangerous. In SMB, TIME KILLS DEALS DAWG. I could always run a "Demo 1" and then bring in a SE when needed - Find the best "closer" whether manager or rep on team & study their partnership/closing calls - Time Based Incentive. But only the right way. Get a commitment before you ever offer an official discount. "If we can get these terms, are you able to commit to starting implementation X date and getting a contract signed on X date?" Hopefully this helps some of you guys that are out there working SMB - Mid Market Deals or anyone that is just new to the AE world in Tech. If you're a vet, drop some free game for the boys Onwards lads.
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Just saw an 18 year old accept an SDR role at Common Room on Linkedin 87 on repvue 75k Base, 95k OTE, 116k top performer 50% quota attainment What were you doing at 18? Crazy crazy crazy
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Cold calling and cold email really works lmao Hitting the prospect w/ a follow up and getting the meeting... Is there a better feeling? lol Numbers game really Sales, what a game it is
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You gotta love the "golden boys" at your company The guys that started as BDR's fresh out of college when the company had 200 people Career track on Linkedin looks like this: BDR - 10 months SMB AE - 13 months Mid Market AE - 18 months Enterprise AE - 18 months Strategic AE - Present Bit of a legend walking around the office Other SDR's are jealous when they find out you're working with them They W2 $500k+ The tech sales love story eh?
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Tech Sales Community, but only for elite career networking No Selling allowed Purely for networking to get better jobs Who's doing this
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Sales is hard. Business is hard. Being a top performer is hard. The tough part is that many things are going to be out of your control. It is what it is Territory, timing, cancellations, missed meetings It adds up and it can take a toll on you Here's what top performers do all have in common... They focus on what they can control. In sales and business, SO MUCH is out of your control But typically the things that you can control are what push your business forward if you can focus on them over long periods of time. That's the truth right there. Focus on what you can control. The outreach, the prospecting, the follow up, the skill building. Over time this is a winning strategy.
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Just had a chat w/ a principal SE from Crowdstrike Dude has been there for over 8 years Joined when they didn't even have a website Never has to work again - IPOd $350k OTE, said that he W2s over $600k pretty often Def a unicorn in this tech sales world These types are always cool to talk to Would be cool to see him in action on a customer call
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$100k isn't enough for even a single male to really ball out in a Tier 1 city Unless he wants to live paycheck to paycheck Make more money
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True Strategic AE positions in Tech Sales are actually insane $350k+ OTEs, potential for $500k-$600k OTE BEFORE Accelerators If you have a big year, 7 figs is not uncommon You have like 5 accounts, 3 of which probably have no chance You're working w/ AWS, Tesla, Coke, Apple type companies Personally gets me hype and it's where I see myself eventually Strapped in for now
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Friend of mine way making $50k/yr Got into Sales First year in and he's on track to make $280k lol Find the right vehicle and money will come your way
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0 calls on the calendar today lads
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I'll hit my 3rd full year in Tech Sales in February. Here's my W2 income year by year: Year 1 (SDR): $100k Year 2 (SMB AE): $123k Year 3 (Commercial AE): $200k Year 4 Goal: $280k & Enterprise Promo Couple of things unique to my journey so far: - haven't left the company I started with - lot's of outside mentorship/investing in coaches/courses - was dialed in on my career path from day 1 as SDR, this helped me promo fast Prior to Tech Sales I was doing Financial Advising making about $40k & honestly wouldn't trade that bc now I know how good I have it I'll get back to you in 11 months on if we get the Enterprise promo and if we crack W2 of $280k
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Lads, Invest ur money Extra $8k of commission this month? You hit some accelerators? Throw it in the market In this game to leave it as early as possible
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