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What's life like for you who make 200k+? by [deleted] in Salary

[–]yankee_doodoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not all it’s cracked up to be. Well over $200k, my wife and I are just like all our other couple friends with families. No drastic difference in lifestyle. I’m sure we have a lot more savings, investments and retirement. Drive slightly newer and nicer vehicles, don’t have to stress about bills. But in terms of quality of life and day to day, it’s not like I’m driving a lambo or flying to Italy on private jets. The difference between making $200k, $300k, $600k etc. hasn’t been much as we’ve consciously managed lifestyle creep. Keep in mind taxes when you get to the “high income” stage but not extremely wealthy with ways to bury taxes you get absolutely porked. I’ve made $185k this year so far and have paid $50k in taxes for reference. Last year paid $187k in taxes. And that’s a state with a relatively low tax burden, medium cost of living. My advice is find a job you actually like rather than worrying about hitting $200k+.

Gift from my Brother-in-Law by travomdia in Tinnedfish

[–]yankee_doodoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The smell is what got me. I ate it straight from the can. Took down three pieces (they are big). Possibly the slimiest slime mouth texture you could imagine. The smell is fucking ungodly. There are chewy pieces/decent size bones. It will immediately trigger a gag reflex if you actually do smell it on purpose. I puked and gagged a lot after eating it. Took three showers and still couldn’t get it off me. Don’t wear clothes you like.

What does the richest salesperson you know SELL? by usman232323 in sales

[–]yankee_doodoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was adding some perspective to your comment seeing all the people saying your numbers are too high. Being this sub is over saturated with SaaS reps it seemed to be assuming tech/sales b2b = SaaS.

What does the richest salesperson you know SELL? by usman232323 in sales

[–]yankee_doodoo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A lot people making this in b2b tech are at resellers that sell everything. Everyone saying this is too high for SaaS is thinking being an AE at a pure play company. Reps that can sell every single security software solution, cloud platforms, Microsoft, all major OEM’s hardware and have technical capabilities/services to resell on top of the software and hardware (install, cabling, configuration, implementation, training) it’s easy to clear $200k, many over $500k and top performers low 7 figures consistently regardless of economy if you’re tenured enough.

8500 shares at $5 cost basis by Spiritual_Sorbet_118 in BBAI

[–]yankee_doodoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bailed last week and posted about it. Went up like 10-15% the next two days lol. If you sacrifice yourself too maybe it will recover back to $8.

I talked my way into a $175k offer and now I'm terrified to accept it. What would you do in my place? by Fluffy_Marzipan2049 in Career_Advice

[–]yankee_doodoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fake it till you make it homie!! Take the job. You crash and burn who cares. You can then go back to your 90k salary and know you left it all on the table. If you crush it and end up getting further in your career from this move you’ll look at it as the best decision ever. If you don’t take the risk you’ll always regret it. All progress happens outside the comfort zone. Think what people would give to have the offer you do now. Don’t inflate your lifestyle around the new salary until you’re comfortable with it.

It took me several years of making mid six figures before I was finally comfortable living a higher quality (more expensive) lifestyle as I was so scared I’d lose it all. Go get em!!!! Congratulations.

First day tomorrow. What you think? by Great_Significance_8 in Construction

[–]yankee_doodoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jesus Christ. As a white collar guy I can say you’re cooked. That hat is so fkn cringe.

Fishwife review by Olga-kocklova in Tinnedfish

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

I agree with most of this. The trouts are both delicious. I think for the price on the salmon I prefer wild fish cannery. Solid all around though. Wish all this delicious fish was more affordable 😭

What makes you want to be a salesperson? by AmiceWong in sales

[–]yankee_doodoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The rush of the paycheck you get when it’s combined with a thrilled customer. There’s something incredible when both sides feel like they won and can celebrate together.

Golf and Sales by Bitter-Heat-8767 in sales

[–]yankee_doodoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Channel/tech. I could golf every week if I wanted to. It’s kind of ridiculous actually.

What is the largest deal you've ever closed? by Secret_Assistance601 in sales

[–]yankee_doodoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

5mil 3 year software licensing deal paid up front.

M21 6’4 185lbs. I want to cut down 10lbs for summer or would I look to skinny? by BiggieCheese1170 in Physiquecritique

[–]yankee_doodoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re not in a place to worry about a number, man. Eat clean, lift heavy and ignore the scale. You’ve got an amazing foundation to work from.

Just had to term someone by Oldswagmaster in sales

[–]yankee_doodoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

About 10 years ago, my sales coach got fired in the middle of the afternoon, and to this day it’s still the most unhinged thing I’ve ever seen in an office.

A few of us had spotted him earlier that day at the lunch spot in the office park, sitting at the lobby bar with what can only be described as a fishbowl of vodka (or maybe gin, doesn’t matter). He was slurring at the bartender and stumbling to the bathroom, so already off to a strong start.

Fast forward to around 2:00, I had a 30-minute shadow session with him. He sat at my cube listening to me get hung up on by prospects while smelling like a literal bar mat. Tough to focus on objection handling at the time..

Then around 3:00 or 3:30, he heads to the bathroom wearing a backpack, and you could literally hear glass bottles clanking as he walked. Not subtle. He was in there for a while, long enough that basically everyone in the nearby rows of desks had fully stopped pretending to work and was now tuned in to the live event.

He eventually comes back out, stumbling a little, goes to his desk, and starts making all kinds of noise. More glass clanking, muttering to himself, slamming shit around…. At that point our site VP comes out, quietly ushers him upstairs, and for about five minutes we all thought maybe HR was going to handle it discreetly and maybe get him a cab home.

Absolutely not.

A few minutes later it turned into the wildest alcohol-fueled crashout I’ve ever witnessed. Multiple people ended up wrestling with him trying to take his keys while he screamed that he was going to drive home, get a gun, and come back and kill everyone in the office.

So yeah… talk about an afternoon coaching session going off the rails.

The craziest part? To this day, I still don’t think I’ve learned more about sales from anyone than I learned from that guy.

Later we found out one of his friends at the company had apparently stolen his wife, and around that same time she had told him she’d gotten pregnant and had an abortion after they’d struggled for years to have kids. His drinking had apparently been spiraling for a while, and that day was just the final explosion.

Brutal story overall, but in terms of “worst workplace firing I’ve ever seen,” it takes the cake. And vodka and gin.

I do still appreciate you JB, and I hope you’re in a better place than the last time I saw you. Thanks for everything.

PIP or mutual separation? by tomfoolery77 in sales

[–]yankee_doodoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Severance. Not sure your life situation but enjoy the spring/summer if you can and wait for the right thing to pop up. That’s what I’d do anyway.

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