c_hayhurst
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1moreQ Wrote:
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> I work in commercial real estate/alt asset
> financing and agree that the money is in sales.
> Our senior mgt are well respected, and
> underwriters are feared but have limited earnings
> potentials. A senior UW pulled in $80-100K last
> year but my boss who also gets a bonus (% of my
> production) for having me as a slave took in $720K
> (he showed me his tax return as part of a rant
> against taxes he owed).
>
> Having said that�make no mistake there is a
> difference being living rich and being wealthy.
> Some of the guys that make $200k a year blow it in
> 6 months. If you have some common sense and make
> some wise personal investment choices, you will
> end up better than 80% of Americans out there. You
> don�t need $300K a year to live and be happy. I
> personally HATE what I do (ok maybe not hate but
> would not mind being in more pure finance than
> sales) and would without a doubt take a 25% salary
> hit to do what I wanted. With sales, you either
> have it or you don�t. If you do, you will do well.
> If you don�t you will languish for a while before
> you choose the exit to a more academic or less
> stressful role. And there is no shame in it. It is
> for some people and not for others.
You are 100% spot on. I was in sales for 5 years and, like you said, you either make a ton of money, or you don't (I didn't).
I worked for a direct auto insurer for a couple of years and the salesmen who worked in the call center made high 5, low 6 figure incomes. One day, the top producer coudn't take the stress of sales anymore so he pulled out a gun, took a hostage at work, resulting in a 4-hour standoff which ended in him blowing his brains out.
Yet another reason I'm not big on sales as a career path.
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> I work in commercial real estate/alt asset
> financing and agree that the money is in sales.
> Our senior mgt are well respected, and
> underwriters are feared but have limited earnings
> potentials. A senior UW pulled in $80-100K last
> year but my boss who also gets a bonus (% of my
> production) for having me as a slave took in $720K
> (he showed me his tax return as part of a rant
> against taxes he owed).
>
> Having said that�make no mistake there is a
> difference being living rich and being wealthy.
> Some of the guys that make $200k a year blow it in
> 6 months. If you have some common sense and make
> some wise personal investment choices, you will
> end up better than 80% of Americans out there. You
> don�t need $300K a year to live and be happy. I
> personally HATE what I do (ok maybe not hate but
> would not mind being in more pure finance than
> sales) and would without a doubt take a 25% salary
> hit to do what I wanted. With sales, you either
> have it or you don�t. If you do, you will do well.
> If you don�t you will languish for a while before
> you choose the exit to a more academic or less
> stressful role. And there is no shame in it. It is
> for some people and not for others.
You are 100% spot on. I was in sales for 5 years and, like you said, you either make a ton of money, or you don't (I didn't).
I worked for a direct auto insurer for a couple of years and the salesmen who worked in the call center made high 5, low 6 figure incomes. One day, the top producer coudn't take the stress of sales anymore so he pulled out a gun, took a hostage at work, resulting in a 4-hour standoff which ended in him blowing his brains out.
Yet another reason I'm not big on sales as a career path.