Aaron Ross
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah.
Well, shut down prior business, took some time off, and then I knew I wanted to learn sales.
The only sales job I had
at Salesforce, because we're better to learn sales, was answering the 800 line because that was all they had for sales.
It went from being CEO of an internet company to the most junior spot at a new company.
But the first day was exciting.
The first week or two weeks or three weeks or a month was exciting because it's all new, new people.
After about five, six weeks or two months, it started to drag because I was answering the 100 line, responding to inbound leads,
It didn't take me very long to figure it out.
You know, it's probably, my total compensation was, I think, around $45,000.
Okay.
So Sally would have been maybe $35,000.
No equity.
It was tiny.
Okay.
It was very little.
Yeah.
So...
Actually, the point you said about people sort of sticking out through tough situations.
I mean, I do feel like a lot of people end up as whiners when they don't get what they want when they want it.