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Most of our SDRs had never worked in sales before Rilla. A lot of them are former college athletes. That's not an accident, it's who we look for. I'd take a college athlete with zero sales experience over a polished resume almost every time. They already know how to be coached, how to lose and show up the next day, and how to grind at something without seeing results yet. You can't teach that. You can teach sales. I was one of them. I came in with no real sales background and moved from SDR to AE to manager in 6 months. Now I am 6 months into managing this team and the reps who started with no experience are now setting the standard. We've hit our number month after month and just moved into a new 57,000 square foot office. The best part of the job is watching someone go from new, to good, to exceptional. That's the high I'm chasing every day and I can't wait to fill our new office with people who do exactly that.