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Around 2014 I bought one way ticket to Morocco in order to simply vanish and die. I ended up traveling all to south to Mauretania, comming back and becoming we

Around 2014 I bought one way ticket to Morocco in order to simply vanish and die. I ended up traveling all to south to Mauretania, comming back and becoming well known poor but very popular street perfume seller in Marrakesh. I came back after buring my friend who got stabbed to death around one year later... Then I become successful backend programmer and husband. Now I'm after divorce, jobless for 3 years and homeless for 1 month. I consider going back to African mountains and desert everyday...

realxrobau 1y ago
Come to Australia.
- kubb 1y ago
  With the new immigration policies it will be harder nowadays.
- rapsey 1y ago
  He is homeless and you recommend the country with the worst housing affordability problem in the world.
mdavid626 1y ago
What a story, man. I hope you get back on your feet.
- iberator 1y ago
  Thank you. There is more hahaha
RickJWagner 1y ago
Amazing. Please keep writing, your story is interesting and will have lessons.
- iberator 1y ago
  writing here or in general?
swores 1y ago
I can't promise to be able to help (nor can I promise that if I can help it'll work out better than returning to the African mountains!), but depending on your location & circumstances it's possible I could help you either on the job front or with accommodation. If you'd like to find out, drop me an email (see my profile). Or if you comment here publicly some more info about your work skills and experience, I wouldn't be surprised if other people might be willing and able to help too :)
smcin 1y ago
You should blog (under a pseudonym), your story is unique. People could support you financially via BuyMeaCoffee or else Patreon, and make teaser posts on Reddit, LinkedIn to bring new readers to your blog. What did you learn as a street perfume seller in Marrakesh? Compared to software sales? That alone sounds more useful than most TED talks.
- iberator 1y ago
  There is no comparison. Selling stuff as white person (extremely culturally aware) in Africa is like stealing candy from a baby. People want to know you, and your story - not the product. Thank you for such suggestion. Yup, I could write few articles or stories...
  - smcin 1y ago
    Don't be so quick to discount your experience though; selling enterprise software/SaaS is different to marketing and selling consumer goods/services. Tell us what you learned, about both. Were all your perfume sales face-to-face, or did you use text, or word-of-mouth? Did you give discounts for referrals? How much did the brand name matter, or not? etc. (Compare to e.g. https://www.ted.com/podcasts/how-to-be-a-better-human/what-we-can-learn-from-great-salespeople-w-colin-coggins-transcript https://www.ted.com/podcasts/how-to-be-a-better-human/what-w...)

realxrobau 1y ago

Come to Australia.

kubb 1y ago
With the new immigration policies it will be harder nowadays.
rapsey 1y ago
He is homeless and you recommend the country with the worst housing affordability problem in the world.

mdavid626 1y ago

What a story, man. I hope you get back on your feet.

iberator 1y ago
Thank you. There is more hahaha

RickJWagner 1y ago

Amazing. Please keep writing, your story is interesting and will have lessons.

iberator 1y ago
writing here or in general?

swores 1y ago

I can't promise to be able to help (nor can I promise that if I can help it'll work out better than returning to the African mountains!), but depending on your location & circumstances it's possible I could help you either on the job front or with accommodation. If you'd like to find out, drop me an email (see my profile). Or if you comment here publicly some more info about your work skills and experience, I wouldn't be surprised if other people might be willing and able to help too :)

smcin 1y ago

You should blog (under a pseudonym), your story is unique. People could support you financially via BuyMeaCoffee or else Patreon, and make teaser posts on Reddit, LinkedIn to bring new readers to your blog. What did you learn as a street perfume seller in Marrakesh? Compared to software sales? That alone sounds more useful than most TED talks.

iberator 1y ago
There is no comparison. Selling stuff as white person (extremely culturally aware) in Africa is like stealing candy from a baby. People want to know you, and your story - not the product. Thank you for such suggestion. Yup, I could write few articles or stories...
- smcin 1y ago
  Don't be so quick to discount your experience though; selling enterprise software/SaaS is different to marketing and selling consumer goods/services. Tell us what you learned, about both. Were all your perfume sales face-to-face, or did you use text, or word-of-mouth? Did you give discounts for referrals? How much did the brand name matter, or not? etc. (Compare to e.g. https://www.ted.com/podcasts/how-to-be-a-better-human/what-we-can-learn-from-great-salespeople-w-colin-coggins-transcript https://www.ted.com/podcasts/how-to-be-a-better-human/what-w...)