06-13-2023, 07:06 AM
Howdy folks!
I wanted to give a 1 month follow up!
It has been a rock and roll ride so far, I am in the middle of a career transition as I previously indicated and have been slowing down my Physical Therapy practice as I have been refocusing my energy into the direction of sales. I was accepted into an entry level sales position at a very reputable SAAS company after (3 Rounds) of interviews, and will hopefully be getting started on this in the next week to begin gaining direct industry experience.
TAMUC so far- 4 weeks in and I have been able to complete 6 of my classes of the 12/13 required. I have been able to focus extra time on these classes with my incredibly flexible schedule and low work load. The Texas Government class is the most difficult one we have had to deal with as it requires much more writing than my other classes. There is a cut off date of 6/15 for starting any new classes so it looks like Ill be able to finish 7 of my 13 classes this term. And, hopefully finish my BAAS(Bachelors in Arts and Applied Science) Organizational Leadership Program by the end of the next 7 week term.
Cost: Flat rate 1500 + 30 per credit hour x (7 classes x3 hr each)= 2130 all books and learning materials are free online based. Sophia 100$ LinkedIn Learning 40$
To help me land the job at the SAAS company I completed 2 online certifications: a sales, and a "foundations of software development" cert, I included this in my follow up email to the company's and the next day they notified me that I landed the position. Which will be excellent because they willcover all higher education costs once I am onboard.
My ultimate goal has slightly developed as I have been researching sales as a career and taking some classes and certifications. I am looking more heavily at "presales engineering" and its cousin "Sales Engineering" as career focuses that can help me gain qualifications adjacent to sales to help me land higher positions.
Qualifications I am looking for and want to follow up with you guys on: Presales engineers work with programing and software implementation as part of the sales process, essentially I need to be able to know enough about programing to be dangerous in a sales conversation and effectively communicate with the companies software team on what exactly a client needs for me to make a sale. I took a 6 hour Linked in Certificate class which basically let me know how much I don't know. If there are certifications/ quick degrees that are recommended I would greatly appreciate hearing what you guys know about.
Additionally for me to land the higher positions I would likely need to finish my MBA or potentially some equivalent. Which is much less daunting knowing my company is going to foot the bill. Speed and credibility would be my goals with the MBA.
Thank you for all you do here. I have been singing this Forums Praises to any and every person I run into who is a parent of a teen, or is going to college themselves.
Happy Tuesday.
I wanted to give a 1 month follow up!
It has been a rock and roll ride so far, I am in the middle of a career transition as I previously indicated and have been slowing down my Physical Therapy practice as I have been refocusing my energy into the direction of sales. I was accepted into an entry level sales position at a very reputable SAAS company after (3 Rounds) of interviews, and will hopefully be getting started on this in the next week to begin gaining direct industry experience.
TAMUC so far- 4 weeks in and I have been able to complete 6 of my classes of the 12/13 required. I have been able to focus extra time on these classes with my incredibly flexible schedule and low work load. The Texas Government class is the most difficult one we have had to deal with as it requires much more writing than my other classes. There is a cut off date of 6/15 for starting any new classes so it looks like Ill be able to finish 7 of my 13 classes this term. And, hopefully finish my BAAS(Bachelors in Arts and Applied Science) Organizational Leadership Program by the end of the next 7 week term.
Cost: Flat rate 1500 + 30 per credit hour x (7 classes x3 hr each)= 2130 all books and learning materials are free online based. Sophia 100$ LinkedIn Learning 40$
To help me land the job at the SAAS company I completed 2 online certifications: a sales, and a "foundations of software development" cert, I included this in my follow up email to the company's and the next day they notified me that I landed the position. Which will be excellent because they willcover all higher education costs once I am onboard.
My ultimate goal has slightly developed as I have been researching sales as a career and taking some classes and certifications. I am looking more heavily at "presales engineering" and its cousin "Sales Engineering" as career focuses that can help me gain qualifications adjacent to sales to help me land higher positions.
Qualifications I am looking for and want to follow up with you guys on: Presales engineers work with programing and software implementation as part of the sales process, essentially I need to be able to know enough about programing to be dangerous in a sales conversation and effectively communicate with the companies software team on what exactly a client needs for me to make a sale. I took a 6 hour Linked in Certificate class which basically let me know how much I don't know. If there are certifications/ quick degrees that are recommended I would greatly appreciate hearing what you guys know about.
Additionally for me to land the higher positions I would likely need to finish my MBA or potentially some equivalent. Which is much less daunting knowing my company is going to foot the bill. Speed and credibility would be my goals with the MBA.
Thank you for all you do here. I have been singing this Forums Praises to any and every person I run into who is a parent of a teen, or is going to college themselves.
Happy Tuesday.
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