what do you think about it guys?

[Julio Cesar]

Finding a job in my town from Venezuela has been really difficult so I thought "perhaps I can study programming, becoming a data analyst and start to work so I can earn some money and infiltrate myself in an industrie" but MJ says that it is useful to study persuasion (marketing, sales, negotiation etc) in your free time until you find an idea. I don't know what to do. I just want to increase my monthly income

 

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[SDE]

I echo what others suggested on your previous thread - learn programming.

Also, programming and sales are not mutually exclusive. A programmer can be good at sales too.

Sales essentially boils down to:

1) Identify the other person's problem

2) Check whether they are motivated to solve the problem

3) Present your solution

4) Disqualify if #1 and #2 are unmet and move to the next person

This is just a high level overview.

As for programming, thanks to internet, you can learn any language for free and get a job in under a year or two based on your effort and persistence. Meanwhile, sales job is quicker to get than a programming job.

Make a decision and START. You can pivot later based on the feedback you receive in your journey.

If you want, you can create a progress/execution thread talking about what you're doing and people may jump in to offer specific advice.

 

[Julio Cesar]

I echo what others suggested on your previous thread - learn programming.

Also, programming and sales are not mutually exclusive. A programmer can be good at sales too.

Sales essentially boils down to:

1) Identify the other person's problem

2) Check whether they are motivated to solve the problem

3) Present your solution

4) Disqualify if #1 and #2 are unmet and move to the next person

This is just a high level overview.

As for programming, thanks to internet, you can learn any language for free and get a job in under a year or two based on your effort and persistence. Meanwhile, sales job is quicker to get than a programming job.

Make a decision and START. You can pivot later based on the feedback you receive in your journey.

If you want, you can create a progress/execution thread talking about what you're doing and people may jump in to offer specific advice

I echo what others suggested on your previous thread - learn programming.

Also, programming and sales are not mutually exclusive. A programmer can be good at sales too.

Sales essentially boils down to:

1) Identify the other person's problem

2) Check whether they are motivated to solve the problem

3) Present your solution

4) Disqualify if #1 and #2 are unmet and move to the next person

This is just a high level overview.

As for programming, thanks to internet, you can learn any language for free and get a job in under a year or two based on your effort and persistence. Meanwhile, sales job is quicker to get than a programming job.

Make a decision and START. You can pivot later based on the feedback you receive in your journey.

If you want, you can create a progress/execution thread talking about what you're doing and people may jump in to offer specific advice.

Thank you!