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Anyone know anything about sales? Big commission!
I'm thinking of going into ordained ministry when I graduate, believe it or not....
i do pre-sales IT technical consultancy which doesn't pay the big commissions but the top sales guys i work with will earn 6-figures in bonus alone, pretty obscene but the high end storage hardware is over £1 million per unit so i guess it's all relative, i think you just have to have the gift of the gab and know how to close a deal, i'm not sure i'm a natural salesman but if i'm still here in 2-3 years i'd have to consider it, otherwise i'm just lining their pockets!
ETA: it is a lot more cut-throat though, if you miss your targets you're out the door so bit more pressure than your average job...
Here you go m'dear - get involved
I got into it cause it's 'englishy' and related to my degree, but in all honesty, I'm just doing it cause I'm good at it, and don't hate it as much as I could. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. Tear.
I'm beginning to think my talent lies with making christmas decorations out of cardboard and glitter paint.
Sadly, working full time in a creative environment somehow has the curious effect of totally draining every ounce of my creativeness!
You could be a Christmas decoration designer! They exist :yes:
:yes:
They're very jolly. I thought that was an appropriate Christmassy adjective!
I volunteer at my local cats protection centre though - brushing, handling, cleaning litter trays etc.
When I qualify (hopefully) I'll be a nurse, although I'm sure I actually want to anymore :chin: I dunno, I've come this far I'm not stopping now though.
Means installing networked touch screen PC based till systems, and repairing them all over the country. Involves CAT5 and IRC cabling, work on PCBs, soldering, mechanical work on printers, programming etc etc.
How did you train for that? What route do you have to take?
To get some extra moolah I've started helping with bookkeeping for the shop I've worked for part time the past few years. I don't mind the actual work but I wouldn't want to do it for a living. It's a routine job and you want to do things right the first time around to save yourself later hassle.
When I say accounts.. I don't mean accounting! or anything to do with maths :razz:
Fell into what I do by accident really.
My mate got me what was going to be a temporary job as an assistant helping him install video on demand systems and phone systems in hotels. When he left I took his job as a telecoms engineer. That gave me experience in cabling and systems.
Left and became a self employed data cabler which was shit hot money but work wasn't guranteed.
Applied for a job with the company I'm with now and my cabling, and field engineer experience got me the job.