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I feel like an apt title for a book about late-stage capitalism would be "A Society of Salespeople". With that said, I'm not exactly sure what type of career p

I feel like an apt title for a book about late-stage capitalism would be "A Society of Salespeople". With that said, I'm not exactly sure what type of career path somebody studying, say, political science could embark on -- it seems to me that there's a lot more demand for accreditation in certain fields than there is demand for actual practitioners.

Animats 9y ago
Napoleon once referred to England as an "island of shopkeepers". Computers are getting better at sales. Amazon doesn't have salespeople. Retailers barely have salespeople any more. Outside of real estate, cars, and financial products, what B2C companies do?
- seppin 9y ago
  > Amazon doesn't have salespeople. AWS sure as hell does
- tyingq 9y ago
  >Outside of real estate, cars, and financial products, what B2C companies do? Declining for sure, but high ticket B2C still has salespeople. Home improvement, cosmetic surgery, cosmetic dentistry, vocational education, timeshares, boats, recreational vehicles, insurance, furniture, solar energy, hot tubs, pool tables, pianos, etc. And a lot of stuff at the low end, home based seller angle...beauty, vacuum cleaners, organic, supplements , diets, and so forth.
- Digory 9y ago
  Amazon most certainly has selling Associates. But like much of the gig economy, they try to avoid employees. [0](https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/ https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/)
- cableshaft 9y ago
  There's still a lot of salespeople, they're just not a lot that individual citizens have to interact with everyday, usually. Selling to businesses, for example, pretty much requires salespeople. For example, I know someone in corporate real estate, and you wouldn't believe the type of shit the salespeople get away with there or how ridiculous their compensation is (especially compared to her, who does just as much work trying to win business when putting together the proposals those salespeople present).
tnecniv 9y ago
> With that said, I'm not exactly sure what type of career path somebody studying, say, political science could embark on I'm not so sure it matters. Even in engineering, college courses alone won't provide you with a worthwhile resume. In college, you have plenty of chances to build a CV worth hiring. You can do research, work on meaningful projects outside of class, get internships, etc. no matter what you want to study. All the people I knew who got jobs out of undergrad did some combination of the above regardless of their major. The important part was that they could point to concrete things that demonstrated their skills.

Animats 9y ago

Napoleon once referred to England as an "island of shopkeepers". Computers are getting better at sales. Amazon doesn't have salespeople. Retailers barely have salespeople any more. Outside of real estate, cars, and financial products, what B2C companies do?

seppin 9y ago
> Amazon doesn't have salespeople. AWS sure as hell does
tyingq 9y ago
>Outside of real estate, cars, and financial products, what B2C companies do? Declining for sure, but high ticket B2C still has salespeople. Home improvement, cosmetic surgery, cosmetic dentistry, vocational education, timeshares, boats, recreational vehicles, insurance, furniture, solar energy, hot tubs, pool tables, pianos, etc. And a lot of stuff at the low end, home based seller angle...beauty, vacuum cleaners, organic, supplements , diets, and so forth.
Digory 9y ago
Amazon most certainly has selling Associates. But like much of the gig economy, they try to avoid employees. [0](https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/ https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/)
cableshaft 9y ago
There's still a lot of salespeople, they're just not a lot that individual citizens have to interact with everyday, usually. Selling to businesses, for example, pretty much requires salespeople. For example, I know someone in corporate real estate, and you wouldn't believe the type of shit the salespeople get away with there or how ridiculous their compensation is (especially compared to her, who does just as much work trying to win business when putting together the proposals those salespeople present).

tnecniv 9y ago

> With that said, I'm not exactly sure what type of career path somebody studying, say, political science could embark on I'm not so sure it matters. Even in engineering, college courses alone won't provide you with a worthwhile resume. In college, you have plenty of chances to build a CV worth hiring. You can do research, work on meaningful projects outside of class, get internships, etc. no matter what you want to study. All the people I knew who got jobs out of undergrad did some combination of the above regardless of their major. The important part was that they could point to concrete things that demonstrated their skills.