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Comment author: Algernoq 21 December 2014 12:58:45AM *  3 points [-]

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:

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.

Comment author: Username 18 March 2015 04:24:51PM 1 point [-]

How's it worked out for you?

Comment author: Algernoq 19 March 2015 04:47:21AM 0 points [-]

Haven't worked in a sales job yet.

Comment author: Punoxysm 23 December 2014 08:01:12PM 0 points [-]

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.

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