What was your first deal like? Did you get clobbered or did everything make sense right off the bat?

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Clobbered. I went into healthcare w/out any background in that industry and got absolutely blindsided by everything.

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Really tough but learned a lot. I think it's hard to understand everything in the beginning. Takes good amount of time

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My first deal so was chill. Small company corporate deal. It all went downhill after that.

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