Best Companies to work for out of school?
Exploring different career options as I approach my senior year of college. I’m curious if anyone has any insight into the best companies to begin a career in software/tech sales at. Some things on my mind are compensation, training/sales education, location, and company growth. I plan on ultimately pursuing a career in startups sales, but I’ve been told that it might be better to have a strong sales foundation at a larger company before moving into a smaller organization. Thanks!
Startup - non sales as a beginner
Are you referring to a technical role? Or product strategy/marketing?
Both. I'm saying try to learn about the core business within the startup before you go for sales; just an opinion.
Gartner
Congratulations on almost graduating. A few tips for you to start your tech career: 1) Do not under any circumstances move to the bay area. You will live below The poverty level 2) Austin, Boulder, and Phoenix have tech companies that hire a ton of young new grads as SDR‘s (sales development representatives). This is the kind of job you should be looking for 3) subscribe to the CB insights newsletter and you can get a listing of some of the hottest growing start ups. Find out who the VP of sales is in each of those start ups and email them directly. Try and bypass HR at all costs
Who the heck recommends RNGs to be SDRs? Terrible advice
Coming from a guy at Apple who works on consumer technology has no idea what the enterprise world is like, I think it’s your advice that’s terrible. I have seen plenty of new grads learn the ropes in sales by becoming SDR‘s
Google has the best reputation, for enterprise sales try google cloud
That’s not software / tech sales as you asked in your question. Doubtful it’s the ideal path to software tech sales but could be a good career in and of itself if that’s what you are into.
Ya I know. Just another interest of mine, but don’t know much about what the sales process is like and what the comparisons are for tech.
Hey man! It’s dope you’re seeking out advice - it shows that you’re proactive and hungry individual. Good on ya! I myself made the transition from bartender to Outsourced SDR (generating qualified leads for the sales teams at various SaaS and Telcom companies without working for them), to a full cycle sales gig (prospecting, setting meetings, selling, closing/earning business, and some post close work - i.e. account management). My personal advice: 1) if you go the SDR route (generating/qualifying leads) initially with hopes to get promoted to an Account Executive role (closing/earning business) then make sure you target a dope company to work for that you can invest 3-4 years of your time at to give yourself an honest chance at to build your resume, build/hon your sales skills, and make an awesome OTE (on targets earning - I.e. salary + commission). A lot of people don’t choose the right vehicle and are very short sighted. 2) Target a company right out the gates that is full cycle sales. If you kill it in at this gig then it shows you are sales savvy and you can make the pivot to different industries because you have a track record of smashing metrics and you obviously have deep understanding of the sales process. Regardless you need to become a student of the sales game right now. I can steer you in the right direction of sales resources, so slide into my DMs if you want to connect and talk Sales. Would be glad to help. Cheers brotha!
Not intel
If you're into hardware, Intel is the place to be.