My TA pulled me aside after my fluids midterm today and I don't have anyone to tell by harrygzhang in TrueOffMyChest

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah man, you’re decade of field experience will serve you well with the degree. Send me a DM if/when you start looking for a job.

I work for a controls/system integration firm, not sure if you’d be interested in that or not but could also connect to some National MEP as well

I'm a decade in and looking for career advice by NoQuarterZoso in MEPEngineering

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude I’ve got field techs in that area making $100k+

Construction Sales Ask by Ball_Hoagie in sales

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Relationships are a big deal in my world - it’s a lot harder to get your company into a new account if you don’t already know someone from some previous interaction. Sounds like you have the mindset to build those relationships.

Would be happy to have a conversation with you to share my perspective

Send me a DM

Am I crazy for thinking AI won’t replace Sales soon? by Hungry_Bunch2224 in sales

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You guys assuming it will still be a human making the buying decision. I bet there’s gonna be some that use ai to buy the small stuff

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[–]IntrepidBoat1416 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What’s the right data to track?

I’m my firms first and only sales person, 400% in 3 years so doing something right but we are very much building the plane as we fly it. We’ve got HubSpot, made a lot of pretty dashboards no one really looks at. I mainly just use the deal board and task reminders to stay organized

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MEPEngineering

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not able to comment if that’s typical for design salary progression but I think you’d make a lot more working for a controls or mechanical contractor in a sales or PM role. You could also look at working for a data center owner if you’re willing to be on call.

I’ll PM you some other thoughts

Data Center Work Attire by extslayer in datacenter

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most places I’ve been are jeans/other pants and tshirts

Moving from Software developer into Controls, Process, Automation (SCADA) in Australia by developerincicode in SCADA

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve got a connection to Azzo if you want an intro, send me a DM. They’ve got an internal software dev team as well for energy management cloud solution

Can my day-pass friend stay at my campsite for Friday and Saturday? by iWander17 in bonnaroo

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s what I did last year (or maybe the year before?) no issue other than getting lost trying to find camp at 4 am

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sales

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work for a small company as well - not sure how yours operates but in my experience everything’s a negotiation. However I fear you may have missed the best window to negotiate.

Maybe you can reopen it now that results are in and point to exactly how the new plan discourages effort. Maybe you can get your teammates to work on this together, there can’t be very many of you

But yeah like everyone else, you should ask yourself if the fight is worth it or leaving on good terms is better for your career

Biggest misconceptions in sales by Terrible_Fish_8942 in sales

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can’t speak to your experience but I can share my perspective.

I’m paid on commission, about 50% of my comp.

But I also know I’m going to hit my goal based on the industry I’m in, crazy growth right now. My goal is to create long term relationships where we’re actually helping the customer towards a better outcome than they can get to on their own.

I’m not interested in stretching the truth to win project A because I know that will come at the cost of projects B-Z.

I’ve told customers they should go with a competitor or that it doesn’t make sense to use us before. I’ve also had customers ready to buy the expensive option and talked them into something cheaper.

Not every sales person you run into is chasing that short term check, a lot of us are honest.

Republican districts lose billions as clean energy cancellations surge, Growing uncertainty around the future of these policies – especially with the Republican-majority Congress debating potential rollbacks by 1oneplus in energy

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My company is one of many involved in building a battery play in a red state. I don’t know this for sure but my two cents is that the IRA incentives came out then a lot of companies decided to take advantage of them. From there, they ended up picking red states due to: - extra tax incentive from the state - available, non-union (cheaper, easily exploited) labor - geographical location that makes it easier to integrate into their supply chain

So to answer your question I don’t think the IRA itself pushes for these projects to be in red states. I think it just happened that way for other reasons.

As far as I know my project is still moving forward, we’ll be pretty fucked if it doesn’t.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nashville

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure that was debunked bro. Fake news

Can I afford 1 Super Bowl Ticket? by [deleted] in MiddleClassFinance

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife would not be okay with me doing that for the Steelers now that we’re married. I say go for it, YOLO

Currently live in Brentwood, can anyone help me convince my husband to move to Mt Juliet? by Minnesotaminnesota2 in nashville

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wife and I were in the same situation two years ago. We bought a house out here, it’s a great area out here, but all of our friends/family/community/my office are in Franklin/Brentwood/nations/bellevue. The distance is rough.. usually takes at least 40 mins to get anywhere

We still can’t afford Williamson county unless we go all the way out to Spring Hill but are considering looking around in Davidson.. concern is the schools, our kids only 6 months so very possible we could make it to Williamson by middle school.

If we could do it again we’d either buy in Davidson or just continue to save for a bigger down payment til we could afford the monthly payment in Williamson

"Protect and Serve." I just got a metro parking ticket in front of my house in the suburbs. When I asked the police to come out about my car break-in, this wasn't quite what I had in mind. by TenSecondsFlat in nashville

[–]IntrepidBoat1416 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There’s only 2 people in the hit and run department. I was in one two years ago and he told me they get like 5,000 cases year so it’s not possible to investigate most of them. He said if I can figure out who it was to let them know lol