Come with me on my FY25 Journey
I've been a Sales Development Representative (SDR) at a tech company for 5 years and I've never once hit my quota. ::pause for audible gasps::
There are so many things wrong with what I just said. First off, being an SDR for 5 years is like being a starter on junior varsity as a 5th year senior because you're too afraid to go out in the real world--it's just sad.
Secondly, I've been losing money for the last 5 years.
It's time to change that.
Over the course of this upcoming fiscal year 2025 (FY25), I'll be tracking my activity, mental state, what's going on in my life, where the stars are in the sky (kidding kinda...) as I do everything I can to hit, if not exceed my quota.
Why am I doing this? I'm tired of being broke and I'm tired of fighting myself. I'd say "I'm not like other sales people," but that feels too close to saying "I'm not like other girls;" and I think a lot of people in sales are like me: WE FUCKING HATE BEING SALES PEOPLE.
Quick back story: I used to be a creative gal trapped in the body of an entertainment lawyer. My boss once told me "you're a suit, not a creative." His words permeated me like a plague and I have been working to shed them since. I quit that job to go to acting school and be a creative person; but I also needed to make money--which is how I ended up in tech sales.
For the last 5 years, and my whole life really, I have been the battleground for these competing narratives: SUIT vs. CREATIVE.
That's gotten me nowhere.
Don't get me wrong, I hate being sales person. I hate most sales people who do trainings on cold calls and subject lines blah blah blah blah blah. I hate smiling while dialing and pretending like I give a shit about what I'm selling. I cannot convince myself that I'm "making a difference" in some business analyst's life because I sold them some software.
But again, that's gotten me nowhere.
So I'm doing things a little differently this year. I am choosing to believe that I can "sell out" and I can still be my creative self. I can make money and be an artist.
Join me :)
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