Learn sales. If you want power, and aren’t already good at sales / outstanding with people, working full-time as a salesperson for at least a year is probably be a good career move. A few examples:
Jeff Immelt (CEO of GE); working in sales for a few years enabled him to go on to CEO.
Mark Cuban (billionaire); started a bar while an underage college student.
Think of this as the art of being able to interact with people such that they will do what you want, predictably and repeatedly, as long as you are making sense and offering them something they should want. This is another terribly underrated skill, at least among people who aren’t professional salespeople.
I’m going to say though, that sales can be a high-pressure, miserable environment, depending on the company and your personality. And just doing sales isn’t enough to become great at sales and leverage that talent.
Learn sales. If you want power, and aren’t already good at sales / outstanding with people, working full-time as a salesperson for at least a year is probably be a good career move. A few examples:
Jeff Immelt (CEO of GE); working in sales for a few years enabled him to go on to CEO.
Mark Cuban (billionaire); started a bar while an underage college student.
Marc Andreessen (got rich from founding Netscape) says:
How’s it worked out for you?
Haven’t worked in a sales job yet.
I’m going to say though, that sales can be a high-pressure, miserable environment, depending on the company and your personality. And just doing sales isn’t enough to become great at sales and leverage that talent.