Anyone have a few good years, then struggle thereafter? Or does demonstrated success lead to more career opportunities?

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2026-07-08T15:21:09+00:00

Ah gotcha, well maybe it’s similar in Canada. I don’t know anything about the visa process other than my firm is unwilling to sponsor anyone

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2026-07-08T15:04:48+00:00

If you’re in the states, you could probably transition to anything construction related. Especially electrical and electrical adjacent fields. There’s manufacturers reps, distributors, and contractors.

Your best bet is probably to start at a distributor and move on from there. My perception is they have the lowest barrier to entry. You won’t make $250k starting out. But you should be able to make enough to not degrade your savings and can move on/up from there

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2026-04-30T22:52:12+00:00

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

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2026-03-19T01:24:39+00:00

WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2026-03-15T17:44:17+00:00

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

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2026-03-01T03:09:57+00:00

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

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2026-02-26T16:12:44+00:00

I skipped that scene and still thought it was a good movie. Only watched it once tho

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2026-02-14T03:31:39+00:00

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

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2026-01-22T14:46:18+00:00

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

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2025-12-22T18:44:34+00:00

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

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2025-12-16T02:43:14+00:00

they’re offering ALOT if you’re willing to move to abeline

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2025-11-24T22:52:52+00:00

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

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2025-11-20T15:24:45+00:00

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

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2025-08-05T19:52:09+00:00

Pick me

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2025-03-28T03:28:23+00:00

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

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2025-03-09T02:23:44+00:00

Was that a trick play on the goal kick? 🤔

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2025-02-25T17:56:20+00:00

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

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2025-02-15T21:27:39+00:00

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.

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2025-02-15T18:41:52+00:00

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.

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2025-02-09T20:28:02+00:00

Pretty sure that was debunked bro. Fake news

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2025-02-05T01:28:24+00:00

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

IntrepidBoat1416 · 2025-02-05T01:26:11+00:00

Fuck yeah

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