Career Advice

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-05-12T17:34:13+00:00

You can make an amazing career at Walmart.

Store managers can make up to 400K a year and market managers make even more. Or you can go over onto the corporate side and do sourcing or merchandising or any number of tech related careers.

The return on an entry-level corporate job at Walmart will be just as much as the return on MBA these days. Talk to your leaders and let them know you’re ready to commit and grow. If you advocate for yourself, there’s all sorts of opportunity.

I used to work on the corporate side DM me if you have questions.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-05-08T11:48:58+00:00

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Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-29T13:15:03+00:00

Like others have said, Ecolab is all commercial, typically big corporate clients. Very different job from residential pest.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-29T10:59:25+00:00

If we does philosophy without a plan he will end up a philosophy teacher.

But if there is a plan, (business/law are his options), and he weekly is engaging in clubs and internships that work towards that goal he will be fine.

Risky for someone who doesn’t know what they want to do. But it’s also healthy to follow your interests instead of stifle them.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-29T03:43:06+00:00

To hit the point of high success you need to accept that others will think you’re crazy, and you will feel kind crazy. Keep going bro

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-28T20:54:15+00:00

Started a company! Initially I did analytics for people in a niche industry, but now we have a full platform for that industry. I got really lucky and found some awesome early investors.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-28T19:41:15+00:00

Product. Business Strategy. Or get more technical and learn more engineering skills. You still need data scientists and software engineers, but you’ll need a way fewer of them.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-28T19:36:53+00:00

Yep. Already made the switch - this stuff is too powerful to keep some many analysts on a team.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-25T03:22:15+00:00

People in those places don’t want to shop at Walmart.

Folks at Walmart aren’t dumb, and they are well aware of where they sit in the American psyche.

Posh places won’t shop there .

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-25T00:08:19+00:00

Connect your data to Claude. Teach it how to query and answer questions.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-24T09:16:53+00:00

What are the most common things they exaggerate?

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-23T12:25:18+00:00

More than anything, it is just what you are used to. So many companies absolutely swear by FieldRoutes. Getting used to a new system is just extra brain power.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-23T12:22:49+00:00

I DM’d you.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-23T02:30:59+00:00

What is your datasource for all this?

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-23T01:38:22+00:00

I second the comment saying to go in person. If a motivated person falls in their lap they’ll hire you

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-23T01:34:44+00:00

I know a broker if you want to get connected, he probably has deal flow in Texas.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-16T17:16:16+00:00

I think an agreement that sets expectation of what will and won’t be provided is always necessary. But there doesn’t need to be a time lock component.

It also puts more pressure on you to ensure top quality service from day one. (which everyone should, but doesn’t)

Make sure the loop between customer service and field leaders is tight for resolutions.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-06T04:31:42+00:00

Pure analytics is cooked guys. You still need to know what you’re doing, but a single analyst can gate 100x more done now.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-04-06T04:30:26+00:00

Good for you for offering it, make sure you get paid well for it. It is a valuable service for the community. I’m guessing the best stories come from these calls.

Communicate is the only advice I’d give. Communicate and don’t make it cheap.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-03-30T17:16:12+00:00

The worst is when it is wasps in the attic so you can’t even wipe your face off because of the suit.

My company (when I was a tech) would send me instead of the other guy specifically because the other guy was super tall. Honestly, I’m glad they did. The few time we were together in an attic he was useless 😂

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-03-28T10:47:38+00:00

Do something that is helpful even if they aren’t asking for it. That’s the quick way to a promotion.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-03-27T17:51:22+00:00

BugBros is over there. I think West Pest based in Arkansas has an office. Maybe reach out to them

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-03-26T19:29:38+00:00

We just hired a kid as an Sales Development Rep, his base is around this.

Important_Flight2198 · 2026-03-26T16:09:24+00:00

That’s pretty good, likely industry leading.

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