I Was Making Life Hard - The Finale ⇒

September 19th, 2019 by with

Parts 1 & 2

The Change

This brings me to a few weeks ago, when we got home from vacation. At that time I was fairly certain I wanted to take a break from sales. I also realized I enjoyed working from home, so I didn’t want a commute.

Then I spoke to a close friend, who knows me and what I’ve been through over the last few years, and when we were talking about what’s next for me, he stopped and said, “Erin, why are you making life so hard?

Ummmmm…good question!

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I Was Making Life Hard - Part 2 ⇒

September 19th, 2019 by with

Please make sure you read Part 1 first.

The Realization

My Keboola contract ended before I left on our wonderful family vacation to France, Italy & Croatia, so I had lots of time to contemplate.

When I got back I talked to several folks I respect, and came to realize that sales just isn’t for me. While I really enjoy helping people solve their problems, there are many more components in a scaleable, successful sales process:

  • lead generation
  • prospect...

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I Was Making Life Hard - Part 1 ⇒

September 19th, 2019 by with

This will be a multi-parter, part 2 & part 3

History

I got interested in computers in 1986 (I was 12); I used to sit beside my dad and watch him code (quite the wild child, eh?). Eventually I started to code on my own, first in Logo, then in Pascal. I ended up getting a Computer Science degree from the University of Victoria and began my career as a developer.

The Transition

It was at Orbital that I began my transition away from development. I realized that I really enjoyed the...

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Doing It By Feel ⇒

April 15th, 2019 by with

As I start a new role at a cool new company, I'm struck by how immediately comfortable I feel there; it's like I'm "home". Contrast that with my previous company, where I felt out of place almost the whole time.

I really should have paid attention to the (now obvious signs):

  • couldn't use my own iPhone X, had to use an old iPhone 6S
  • couldn't use my Macbook, had to use a Windows machine (!!)
  • no corporate chat
  • no cloud files, have to use a VPN to access files
  • CRM is MS Dynamics,...

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