I had a $400 Wagyu ribeye for lunch today.
I didn't pay for it.
An enterprise account executive from a tier 1 cybersecurity firm paid for it.
He's been trying to sell me a cloud-native endpoint detection platform for 8 months.
We don't need a cloud-native endpoint detection platform.
We don't even have endpoints.
Half of our workforce is using refurbished laptops from 2014 that are physically incapable of running his software.
But I told him we're "evaluating"
That phrase means absolutely nothing.
But in B2B sales, it's the equivalent of ringing a dinner bell.
He's bought me 8 lunches this year.
He asks about our migration timeline.
I stare out the window, sigh deeply, and whisper about decentralized integration bottlenecks.
He furiously takes notes and orders another bottle of sparkling water.
My total compensation package is $200K.
But my caloric ROI is incalculable.
Next week I have a pitch meeting with an AI analytics startup.
I checked their Series B funding round before agreeing to the meeting.
They have $40M in venture capital burning a hole in their pocket.
I'm going to let them buy me omakase.
Then I'm going to tell them our legacy infrastructure is experiencing packet loss and we can't deploy until 2029.
Corporate America is just a vast ecosystem of free meals if you know how to string along desperate account managers.
Nearly all those who say the US should only admit the most talented immigrants would not themselves clear the bar they're proposing. They're effectively saying "Immigration is ok so long as you keep out people like me."
@PermianLandman@facebook I was just thinking this the other day. Sinking money into the metaverse, nerd glasses and other nonsense. And ignoring the golden goose thats right in their lap.
@allengilmer Thank you sir. Awesome story and congrats must have been a lot of fun in the end. Needed to be said with all the slop and slander going on here. First generation immigrants with fire in their bellies are some of the most American valued and America loving folks around.
@opinioncasino Thought you were a hater at first. But youre actually doing God's work calling out these hucksters, fraudsters and idiot wannabes. Keep it up. You know who's next I bet too.
@s360strategy@JokerJill69@nexta_tv Nothing illegal or immoral dummy. I have asked before doing it and every place i ask is ok with it. Id rather knock the door announce a man with daughter is coming in and let my daughter use the womens room. Its for her not me and i am far beyond giving a shit who is offended.