As I sat checking my email and waiting for the next session, I notice John Battelle sitting in front of me running through his email and apparently some feeds. I struck up a conversation, and he was mentioning that he had just written a post about Google and their change in the requirements of their sales force. Apparently from a good source of John’s, Google has lowered their standards for hiring salespeople, from the previous 3.0 GPA to a lesser amount. It appears that smart people don’t belong in the sales arena. I asked John whether he would give me an exclusive statement regarding his requirements for salespeople. His statement was a saying from his own head of sales, Chas Edwards:
"It aint rocket science what I do."
With a facetious chuckle I said, "yeah he sounds brilliant, now give me your real position." Then he said basically replied with a sheepish grin:
"I don’t pay them to sell smart, I pay them to sell lots."
See this is exactly the reason that John is where he is today and why I’m where I am today. When I reach my goal, I can look back and tell my followers, "As the great John Battelle said…" Thanks John!
Tags: John Battelle, Google, Chas Edwards, ad sales
Thanks for that Jim …and John …lol. No seriously, you get a link for this quote. Peace.