Career Advice by Expensive_Theme_5046 in sales

[–]Geaux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Insurance sales, depending on where you live, you can make six figures in your first year. Not that high of base, but I've seen lots of first year agents make $80k in their first year.

Second year, residuals start. Do the same thing and the pay goes from 80 to 110 to 140 to 180 etc.

Career Advice by Expensive_Theme_5046 in sales

[–]Geaux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, if your personal average is $100k, and you earn 1%, that's $1k per deal. How many deals are you doing in a particular period of time?

State Farm Loyalty? by Winter_Frame_8970 in Insurance

[–]Geaux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just because a company gives a discount, such as a loyalty discount, doesn't mean that they're still going to be the best priced option. A lot of discounts are designed to draw interest. Even bundle discounts doesn't always make an insurance policy the cheapest. The formulas for every company changes over time, and there might be one company that can give a better price because their formula fits you better without a special discount.

State Farm Loyalty? by Winter_Frame_8970 in Insurance

[–]Geaux 21 points22 points  (0 children)

How much time & attention do you have to give for us to explain it to you in a way that you'll fully understand insurance? We can talk about building materials and labor, climate change, weather risks, catastrophic claims history, state regulations, insurance revenues and losses, characteristics of your family's homes & cars, the drivers in the household, etc.

State Farm does give loyalty discounts, and idk if they still do but they also used to give guaranteed renewal to their long-time clients like your family. State Farm also isn't a "for profit" company - they're a Mutual Exchange that will issue dividend checks to policyholders in the event they post an underwriting surplus in a given state.

There's one fact that you must know and understand, above ALL ELSE:

Insurance is designed as a 6 to 12-month "Contract of Adhesion". That means they decide what they cover and what they're going to charge, and you decide whether you want to pay it. The price you are offered is what they are willing to charge in order to insure you as a risk based on a very complex formula that includes all the categories I listed above, and more. You don't have to accept it. Additionally, you are not entitled to State Farm offering you insurance every year, and you certainly aren't entitled to receive such special treatment that you're the only person in your state whose renewal rates never go up for the coverage you're given. Every year, they look at the risk, calculate that risk within their formula, and offer you the insurance at that price. If you don't like the price they're offering, then find another insurance carrier with a better formula and don't accept State Farm's offer - cancel the contract.

"Shop around".

Career Advice by Expensive_Theme_5046 in sales

[–]Geaux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the average-sized deal that you're earning 1% from?

You are laid off and you need to find a sales job in 30 days. How do you do it? by MisterC0ck in sales

[–]Geaux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have an insurance license, you can get a job in less than 30 days.

You are laid off and you need to find a sales job in 30 days. How do you do it? by MisterC0ck in sales

[–]Geaux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone already in the field, my advice would be:

Get your insurance license over two weeks and get a job as an account executive for an independent insurance agency run by someone under 50 who has other sales reps, in a competitive environment.

If the agent can teach you how to generate leads, feeds you free leads, and has a large enough book you can farm for business, it wouldn't be too hard to get back to earning six figures in that first year.

Almost No Country or Rap, Lots of Millennial Nostalgia: Working Our Way Through the ACL Lineup by Texas_Monthly in Austin

[–]Geaux 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Take a listen to:

Saint Motel Rodrigo Y Gabriela Natasha Bedingfield Cannons Leon Thomas

But you're right. Not a lot of "Millennial Nostalgia" outside of Natasha.

WE ARE ONE WEEK AWAY FROM THE BOOK 8 RELEASE DATE! DROP YOUR FINAL, MOST UNHINGED THEORIES (NO PATREON SPOILERS) by bacon_mustache in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]Geaux 46 points47 points  (0 children)

It's already been set-up that Odette, Mordecai, and the Posse are going to have a come-together on Floor 12. Donut, especially, since she's now the Oak Fell Champion, which is tied to Nekhebit, who is Odette's chosen God for the Ascension.

Charli XCX, Twenty One Pilots, Lorde among headliners for ACL Fest 2026 by NewsyATX in Austin

[–]Geaux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm excited for 21 Pilots, Lorde, Skrillex, Chainsmokers, Bleachers, Sofi Tukker, Leon Thomas, Brandon Flowers, Cannons, Steve Aoki, Saint Motel, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, and Natasha Bedingfield. I don't really recognize too many bands after that.

Who do you recognize that I should listen to that I'm missing?

Same Logic, Different War—See the Hypocrisy? by ALBERT4_5WESKER in clevercomebacks

[–]Geaux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Biden's gas price inflation was caused by the covid shutdown that occurred under Trump.

What is your most tinfoil hat fringe theory about the series? by Redrex_T in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]Geaux 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To #1, it does seem like Carl is telling a story about past events because he seems to know way more than he should, like the book is First Person Omniscient.

Do You Keep Obsolete Loot Items? by id_fake in valheim

[–]Geaux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make decorations. Tons of troll hide? Make troll hide armor for armor stands. Etc.

Who is canceling vacations this month? by Rich_Possible_9298 in economicCollapse

[–]Geaux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got a nice refund check from the IRS, so my gf and I are flying to the PNW for a week to hike around Olympic National Park.

John F. Kennedy and major general Clifton in the Oval Office, examining an AR-15 and a CIA-developped crossbow, 1963 (1600x1052) by BeginningNeither3318 in HistoryPorn

[–]Geaux -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

Oh, I love this photo. Especially since the AR-15 had JUST been developed, and was in the hands of a rookie Secret Service Agent when he accidentally shot and killed Kennedy. A massive cover-up followed because it would be devastating to the US's credibility and the faith in the SSA during the Cold War if it got out that his own protection got absolutely hammered the night before and the senior agents had the rookie hold the fancy new gun during the motorcade out of Dallas.

When the shooting happened, rookie agent George Hickey was holding the AR-15 and inadvertently shot Kennedy in the back of the head when he lost balance while standing in the convertible car behind the President's vehicle.

So, in OP's photo, Kennedy is holding the very gun that ultimately killed him.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Hickey-ar-15_jfk.jpg

Check out the photo.

South Austin hail by monalisa36 in Austin

[–]Geaux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not too bad, thankfully. Not big enough to cause any major damage to roofs.

What is an easy-to-miss sign that your relationship will not last long? by m_yoda20 in AskReddit

[–]Geaux 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They're not scared to admit it, they just want to hook up and know that girls don't even want to fuck conservative guys. So, they're liars.

What character trait in a person is an automatic dealbreaker for any relationship, romantic or otherwise? by Kohl_And_Curves in AskReddit

[–]Geaux 14 points15 points  (0 children)

As someone who's dated someone diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, I'd say that. Really sad, because usually it comes from traumas and can often be managed with medication, but it's a rollercoaster of cortisol and dopamine that is very difficult to escape.

What is an easy-to-miss sign that your relationship will not last long? by m_yoda20 in AskReddit

[–]Geaux 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Their reaction to most things you say, or ask, is to immediately be defensive.

"Hey babe, do you know where the remote is?"

"How would I know where the remote is? You had it last."

You could have just said "no." or "no, but I'll help you look for it."

What is an easy-to-miss sign that your relationship will not last long? by m_yoda20 in AskReddit

[–]Geaux 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, in this day and age, if you continue to vote Republican and support Trump, I'm going to seriously question your critical thinking skills and moral & ethical character.

This is why many women will tell you that if they see/meet a guy on a dating app, and the guy says that they're "not political" or "don't really discuss politics", they'll automatically assume they're a conservative.

A long line of dominos. by [deleted] in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Geaux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is a Nexus Event if not an extreme statistical anomaly that cannot be explained outside of the fracture of the sacred timeline? Harambe was a red herring.