May 28, 00:52
On Salesmanship
One of the roles I ignored and thought will never be my job at any point is Sales, I always assumed and imagined myself a bad sales person, non-communicating in a business sense, thought I could only make it into technology and design talk. During the time we launched dots and lines ‘till the day, many of those fears disappeared, my tech-talk got translated into business talk more often until I’ve reached to the point where I’m doing more of Account Servicing than Technical & Actual Web Work. A complete transition.
Working in a web-startup or better called a small-sized Web agency gets you doing more than just design/development. More of business development and more of phone calls than e-mails. More of face-to-face meetings than a hidden e-mail shot and an online instant-messaging session. More of traveling. More of moving and dynamism, less time in front of code, more in front of Word and Outlook. Less design blogs reading, more News and industry following.
The hot seat is no more your station seat, it’s the presentation seat that gets you sweating. Music is distracting when you’re thinking of a way to craft the proposal that sells, the same music could be inspiring while designing, you stop staying awake ‘till late browsing new stuff and doing geeky work cuz you’re gonna’ have to meet a client at 9AM sharp!
And the most painful: You gotta’ shave everyday, you never know when a client’s gonna’ call for a meeting. Compare to time when you’re just a designer at your seat, disconnected from the rest of the first life. It’s really amusing thinking about such stuff, so not melting.
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