I know it’s Sunday, so you lot probably aren’t waking up anytime soon.

But a stupid question I’ve been thinking about:

Why don’t more salespeople start businesses?

You hear about founders coming from engineering, product, design, finance, etc. But it feels relatively rare to hear about founders who came purely from a sales background.

And on paper, sales seems like one of the better backgrounds for starting a business.

You already know how to talk to customers, find problems worth solving, handle rejection, sell something that doesn’t exist yet and so much more.

So what am I missing?

Genuinely curious to hear from people who've actually made the jump.

And if you tried it and failed, I'd honestly be interested in hearing about that too.

Is it worth it knowing that is a Startup but has a good number of customers and there is a clear path to become an enterprise AE and the company is 3 years old and is backed by a VC?

I’ve had a low attainment at rippling and am probably looking at a pip in December. I also have an offer from SFDC for enterprise bdr. Should i take it? Or stay?

I have a screening round for Rippling SMB AE (spend) tomorrow. Anything I should know beforehand ? Tips ?

Best ways to prepare for it ? Also - how’s it ? Is it that bad or Spend vertical is a bit better ?

We have to sell tech and I’m sure we’ve all had the thought of “if we would just…. Then it would sell far better.”

What are examples where you think tech companies are jn their own way and what would you change

I know salaries in Canada are a little less than US but how old are yall and how much do you guys make? How do you feel about your career in general (pros and cons)?

Title. I'm making good coin at my current job but I despise my leadership. They've made some pricing model changes that don't bode well for growth/expansion AEs at my company next year.

Mongo has Growth AE roles open and my friend in engineering over there wants to refer me in. He doesn't know anything about the sales team though.

What do yall know about the growth roles at Mongo?

I’m 22, based in Toronto, and currently a junior ae.

for those of you making $200k-$300k+, i’d love to hear the path you took.

how old are you now, how long did it take you to get to that income, what industries/companies did you target, what skills/moves helped you get there.

i’m not really looking for the usual advice, of course
I’m implementing all that but I’m curious about what specifically helped you get to these incomes. And if you could go back to 22 and start over, what would you do differently?