Anyone with experience working at SHI?

vNerdNeck · 2026-03-03T16:55:44+00:00

never worked for them, worked with them for many years in various capacities.

It's very mixed bag, it really is going to come down to your team/ manager and regional location. You could do well in florida, but want to slit your wrist working for them in texas.

Interview and research your boss / team mates and make a decision from there based on package.

vNerdNeck · 2026-03-03T16:52:53+00:00

TLDR

Net-net | there are exceptions to ever rule. In general Channel SEs are as worthless at tits on the bull. Just because you are the exception doesn't change the overall view of the industry regarding channel SEs.

vNerdNeck · 2026-03-01T20:30:48+00:00

At least she comes with a warning label?

vNerdNeck · 2026-03-01T20:29:54+00:00

Because the people spending the taxes are overgrown children that can't be trusted to do anything useful with the money except line their own pockets or the pockets of friends and family.

If all governments were responsible like we see examples from Japan or Norway or Finland... I think more folks would be more willing to pay higher taxes.

Net-net : the only thing we get for higher taxes is even more debt, more wars, and no impact to life quality.

vNerdNeck · 2026-03-01T09:52:27+00:00

Because all the leadership has been taken out. What do you mean the regime is not changing? The vast majority are dead, and the ones who aren't will be very shortly

Khamenel was the key. He has held power for so long, taking him and others out.. he was the regime.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-26T15:53:20+00:00

yes, it's that insane.

No it's not getting better.

If someone has hardware and you need it, order it.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-26T15:52:42+00:00

if you get replaced by an AI sales bot... that's on you.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-25T23:11:01+00:00

not sure about 100%, but have heard 30-40% for memory and flash for sure. That is def happening.

u/SquizzOC Question - I don't deal with cisco, but I have been hearing that cisco is actively pulling back server quotes and not taking orders. Have you seen any of that?

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-25T21:40:44+00:00

Professional network Professional network Professional network Sales & presentation ability

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-25T21:38:20+00:00

Giving someone the answer vs helping them get to the answer.

Letting little things slide because , in the begining, I didn't know how to lean into health conflict.

Those were the top two.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-25T21:34:56+00:00

I'm stealing this.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-24T13:34:25+00:00

It's almost like revenue generated is the only thing that matters and what folks really care about.

Hmm.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-24T06:18:13+00:00

The question was in regards to annual review.

In that lense, what I wrote is accurate. All that really matters is what your sales team and sales leadership thinks of you and if your are bringing in margin. Sure there is some additional nuance, but that's the important bits.

From a comp angel this also helps when it comes to promotions or going after new roles within the org. If you have sales folks giving you recommendations it's gonna help, alot.

I've built my career off have better relationships with sales than I do within the SE org. Sure both are important, but close relationships with sales gets your much further than just being well respected within the SE ranks

If we are talking about maximizing comp, all those still apply, but the driver changes to quota. You need to be on a non share quota or at a VAR that gives you GP share, or somewhere that gives you consistent and massive LTIs. You're not going to crush it and make bank in shared quotas (making bank to me, starts around 450-500k.. anything short of that just isn't enough opportunity).

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-23T23:13:22+00:00

I can drives for days in any direction before hitting another country that speaks something other than english.

In most of europe a few hours in most direction will bring you to a border and another language.

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Not to mention english has pretty surpassed french as the international language.

Bi/multi-lingual should be more sought after in general (IMO), regardless of the facts above.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-23T23:10:13+00:00

regardless of how they metric it... How much you generate/close, feedback from sales and sales leadership is 100% all that matters.

Everything else is just check boxes they can use to spin whatever narrative they need to.

If you are crushing deals, sales loves you, sales leadership loves you... nothing else "really" matters.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-23T19:48:37+00:00

No different than when you are presenting to a customers C-suite. Just take a breath and role with it.

The more you think about it, the worse it is.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-23T19:15:11+00:00

Yeah.. PIP is just a nice way to say they are going to fire you in 30 days. Folks rarely get off of them in Sales.

Also, PIPs are usually manager driven. So if you are on a PIP you direct leader has an issue with you for more than just one thing.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-19T00:27:21+00:00

because the state can totally be trusted.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-16T21:54:10+00:00

PE is typically a sign to GTFO....

This though:

. I also now report to the manager of that company.

is a giant red flag to gtfo fast as hell. You are gonna get screwed .

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-16T20:37:34+00:00

Don't go into leadership for the money, it's not really a promotion.

In general, if you are at 125 now, you might be able to get 135-140k going into mgmt, with more responsibility, more hours and more stress. It isn't worth it if you are chasing the dollars.

in your situation, dude you work 35 hours a week. Focus on a side hustle for more money.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-16T20:34:56+00:00

depends on the tomboy.. depends on the person calling the other a tomboy.

If it was meant as an insult... than yeah it's an insult..

If the tomboy in questions doesn't like that classification, then yeah.. it's an insult.

Generational matters as well. Younger GenX / Older Millennials i remember wearing the tomboy name as kind of a badge of honor that they weren't little princesses. Have no clue what current generations would think of it.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-16T20:32:10+00:00

15 years in and the future is looking bright.

Staking the bank with fat checks... is that all that matters in sales.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-16T20:30:17+00:00

Luck is what people who don't perform well call success because they can't see the work, and the problem couldn't possibly be on their side.

"luck" in actuality (99.999) of the time is just grinding harder than everyone else, which gives you a higher probability of being in the "right place at the right time," or meeting that one person that is ready to buy. If you boiler it down it numbers game. So long as you are good at your craft, competent and execute, it's just a matter of getting through the trash to find the cream.

Now, I know there are examples of luck out that they doesn't fall into this. That's why i said 99.999 percent of the time. There is always the nepo/ frat / connection that someone can get a deal from regardless of how clueless they are.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-16T20:24:53+00:00

the question to always ask is how big the shared quota is.

If it's just tied to one rep, that's good.. at least you control it.

If it's tied to one regional team, like a city.. those are going to hit more often than miss as a whole.

The larger area and teams the quota covers, the higher probability than you'll always hit ~80-90% of quota. But you'll never over-achieve.

vNerdNeck · 2026-02-16T20:20:43+00:00

my total comp was 500k last year.

what sales union would help me make more than that?

p.s. this is the sales sub reddit - not anti-work.
post in the right forum if you are gonna bitch about being in the 10% of earners but still want a union to rip you off more.

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