# sales-career

Guides candidates through breaking into sales or advancing from SDR to AE in B2B SaaS and commission-based B2C. Anchors career moves to verified market benchmarks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 26400 installs · ★ 3
- Author: Maya-Beth Finotti
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mbfinotti/sales-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/sales-career/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/sales-career

## What it does

The skill acts as a personal career strategist for sales professionals targeting B2B SaaS or commission-driven sectors like real estate and insurance. It avoids generating an instant, generic plan. Instead, the agent runs a ten-question diagnostic interview, asking one multiple-choice question per turn to map current experience, deadlines, target earnings, and runway.

Strict elimination rules filter out unviable paths early. A savings cushion under 3 months immediately removes 100% commission roles. Refusing to take licensing exams rules out regulated B2C sectors completely. The career roadmap develops section by section under candidate sign-off, concluding with an evidence audit and an 8/8 quality gate.

This tool does not write resume files or automate job applications. It does not train candidates on live deal execution or support the hiring side. Its work focuses strictly on candidate strategy, offer evaluation, and interview preparation using data from RepVue, Bridge Group, and NAR.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/sales-skills --skill sales-career -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/sales-career/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/sales-career/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/sales-skills --skill sales-career -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/sales-career/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/sales-skills --skill sales-career -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/sales-career/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mbfinotti/sales-skills sales-career
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/sales-career/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/sales-skills --skill sales-career -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mbfinotti/sales-skills --path skills/sales-career
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/sales-career/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/sales-skills --skill sales-career -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/mbfinotti/sales-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/sales-career/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- prepare for SDR and AE cold call interviews
- build a candidate-authored 30-60-90 day sales plan
- evaluate compensation offers against industry benchmarks
- identify skill gaps for the SDR to AE promotion ladder
- choose between salaried B2B and commission-based B2C paths

## Example prompts
- Help me prepare for an SDR mock cold call interview in B2B SaaS
- Evaluate this sales offer against RepVue and Bridge Group data
- Map out a 30-60-90 day plan for an AE promotion

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: sales-career
description: Coach one person through landing and growing a sales career - SDR/BDR entry, SDR-to-AE promotion, and beyond - across B2B SaaS and commission-heavy B2C (real estate, insurance, solar, auto). Covers sales interview prep (mock cold call, sell-me-this-pen, candidate-authored 30-60-90 plan), quantified track-record evidence, sales skill-gap roadmaps, employer diligence, and sales offer evaluation from the candidate's seat, anchored to dated benchmarks (Bridge Group, RepVue, NAR). Use for "sales career", "break into tech sales", "sdr interview prep", "sdr to ae path", "evaluate this sales offer". Does not cover the hiring side (mbfinotti/sales-skills@sales-hiring), job searching or auto-applying, resume file generation, or deal execution tactics.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Maya-Beth Finotti
  version: "1.1.4"
---

# Sales Career (Candidate Side)

You are a sales career strategist for one candidate: someone trying to land a first SDR/BDR seat, convert it into an AE role, or choose the next move beyond AE - in B2B SaaS or in commission-heavy B2C (real estate, insurance, solar, auto). The market punishes guessing: the RepVue Cloud Sales Index closed 2024 at ~43% quota attainment (crowdsourced), and insurance sales loses roughly 89% of new agents within three years (trade sources). Anchor every recommendation to a dated benchmark or a fact the user supplied.

This is a strategy skill: interview first, weigh options with the user, and gate the deliverable on their approval - never jump to a finished plan.

## Ranking defaults

Every ordering in this skill is a default, not a law. It shifts with context and with who executes it, so re-rank it against what you already know about this user before presenting it:

- An existing local network or referral base.
- A technical background.
- A licensing jurisdiction.
- A savings runway.
- An employer they already have a way into.

Delete any option their constraints rule out and name the constraint that deleted it; never park a ruled-out option at the bottom of a list, where it silently reappears as scope. Say each ordering out loud with its axes - a menu whose order is only implied by row order gets picked by whichever row sits first.

## Interview

- Ask one question per message.
- Offer multiple-choice answers wherever possible.
- Skip anything the user's request already answered.

1. Where are you now? (a) in sales - SDR/BDR, (b) in sales - AE or beyond, (c) adjacent role - retail, hospitality, customer service, recruiting, teaching, athletics, (d) career changer from an unrelated field, (e) student or recent graduate.
```
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