What was your journey into sales like? I'm spending my days doing a job that's very much going to not exist soon, but I also don't feel ready to get into the depths of sales yet. I wanted my call centre job to prepare me, but I see a layoff coming up soon. Share what your path looked like and what part of it prepared you most for your current job.

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Honestly, sales kind of fell into my lap. My brother was in sales and was convinced I’d be really good at it, so he referred me to his company—and the rest is history. I didn’t know anything about sales before, but they trained me, and I learned as I went.

Mine was customer support → SDR → AE. Support taught me product, handling upset people, and asking good questions. If you’re in a call center, you’re already building muscles in objection‑handling and resilience that translate directly into sales.

OP, how’s it going?

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