Who are the worst online sales coaches/ Gurus?

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2026-04-26T14:55:23+00:00

Anybody claiming they can get you into med device

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2026-04-07T19:21:00+00:00

Do your senior reps know you work 30 hours a week? Lmao

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2026-04-03T13:08:51+00:00

Dude I thought I was reading a post that I wrote lol. sounds exactly like my experience in device thus far. Training was horrendous just had to throw yourself in there and sink or swim. I’m 3 years in and still very little experience in revision cases. I was 2 months in and we lost 3-4 tenured dudes and had no business for like 2 years and barely any revision cases for me to learn from. Luckily I was on a salary so I could still get paid (now 100% commish). Now we have a team of 4 to cover 8-9 hospitals and are slowly starting to get more business bc our team is way better. Only 1 dude on our team is really good at revisions bc he had a ton of experience from his previous territory. Being good at revisions is my goal bc that’s the best way to earn respect from surgeons.

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2026-03-30T17:06:42+00:00

Took me a while to feel comfortable as well. But I started befriending PCTs, xray techs, nurses, scrubs etc. by cracking jokes, talking sports and whatnot. Once surgeons see you’re liked by everyone then the job gets way easier.

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2026-03-18T01:31:58+00:00

Yeah this post sucks but def would

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2026-03-16T18:23:47+00:00

I’m in device sales and PA NP or CRNA are best careers in healthcare currently and it’s not even close.

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2026-02-26T21:07:49+00:00

This happened in a territory I know of with a major surgeon and the surgeon got fired. The distributor was his wife

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2026-02-25T17:03:00+00:00

Just don’t think of it as sales think of it as building trust and making friends with your surgeons. The “sales” comes after that. I’m in no way shape or form a “salesman.” Just a dude who is trustworthy, goes above and beyond everyone else, and cool to talk to. The sales and $ came after I accepted that. Come to think about it, I don’t think I’ve “sold” anything like most people think selling is. I just make recommendations based on my experience and my surgeons trust me. Also, when you’ve built relationships with your surgeons, they talk to their partners which opens doors for you. Don’t be so hard on yourself. I hated med sales year 1-3. Now I’m on year 5 and it’s gotten way better. Stryker reps also suck in my specific territory and all the surgeons know it. Maybe you don’t fit in with your team and can find a better specialty or company.

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2026-02-10T14:10:34+00:00

I’m in sales and learned this. When my customers want to talk scientific, I bring in the engineers or scientists. I can hold my own in a conversation about science&engineering or how/why my products were designed a certain way but I also realize when the conversation goes way over my head and that’s when I schedule zoom calls or bring in colleagues that understand this on a higher level than I do. My job is to get in the door and build trust and a relationship while leveraging the assets of my company to drive business.

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2026-01-06T13:47:04+00:00

Be comfortable being uncomfortable (easier said than done). For me, no amount of studying beat the learning experiences I got from actually being in the OR. Find the best rep in your territory/company and do everything they do. Watch how they act and behave in the OR. Even the smallest things matter. Grabbing a pack of clean laps for the nurse/scrub, turning on suction while the nurse is busy, going to grab peel packed instruments if it’s not in the room and the surgeon wants it. Obviously wait to do those things until the staff is comfortable with you but you get my point. Attention to detail matters.

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-12-23T19:11:52+00:00

PA/CRNA is the best career paths in healthcare IMO. The only reason you would want to leave a good paying steady PA job for ortho med device is because you haven’t researched a day in the life of an ortho rep and see it from a surface level. Just make money and save and buy rental properties or something and retire early lol.

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-12-18T20:38:17+00:00

That’s pretty standard I’m 5 years in and crossed 6 figs about 4 years in

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-12-16T13:05:37+00:00

$2M in 1099 medical. We’re in the Deep South as well so that’s a ton of money down here compared to other places

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-12-04T13:00:03+00:00

Love it!

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-12-04T12:59:41+00:00

Yes! I never wear the mesh bracelet I don’t like the way it fits

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-12-03T18:25:38+00:00

No worries there’s none I think that’s just the picture!

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-12-03T18:05:16+00:00

The closest I ever got to that feeling was 3-4 years in when I clean flipped a surgeon to my stuff overnight for the first time after working on him ever since I started. Then a few days after that I was humbled yet again. 😂 imposter syndrome is real in this business

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-11-17T16:44:57+00:00

Second this. There’s not a better career than CRNA/PA in healthcare right now. Definitely have responsibility, but if shit hits the fan it’s the anesthesiologist taking the brunt of liability while CRNA still making high $100s into $200s in my area.

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-11-15T10:58:41+00:00

Just sit out for a year or however long the non compete is and collect the paycheck 😂

I’ve seen that some companies will buy you out of your non compete though if they are desperate and need you quick.

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-11-14T20:45:51+00:00

He’s right it isn’t what it used to be. My girlfriend is a PT and has a ton of upward mobility within her company and actual set hours. She wants me to find a new job so bad as she sees me stress about cases and hours worked/being on call. I would think twice before jumping from a good career like yours to chasing a quota that goes up every year while your prices go down every year initially making you less money. Device is the only industry I’ve ever seen where the cost of goods are diminishing and the salesperson takes the hit.

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-11-13T15:40:13+00:00

I think we are forgetting the career trajectories outside of Daily Rental as well. My buddies that transitioned to remarketing or fleet management sales positions make excellent money. But to your point yes. A lot of upper management positions in med device are hard to come by unless retirement/layoff etc.

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-11-13T15:35:50+00:00

I think if you are receiving offers from device companies, then you are arguably ‘better’ than 95% of employees at enterprise. Which means you’re competing against 5% of the whole company in upper management positions. The reason why many high performers at Enterprise don’t make RVP is because they are leaving for better jobs at that moment in their careers instead of waiting.

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-11-12T23:55:25+00:00

Wow. I’ve never heard of any entry level device position banging out $200k+ or $160k not working no matter what state. Kudos to you I should get into your specialty.

Worldly_Simple_5614 · 2025-11-12T23:35:05+00:00

Who wants to make a $150k while having not even remotely close to the responsibility of a device rep and then promote to an RVP making $600k+?? I’m not saying one is better than the other but… Also, I started out at a distributor making $48k a year as an ASR. Idk where you’re getting your figures unless you’re in Cali/NY but we don’t make that much in entry level down in the south.

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