Sam Nelson

Saturday night my car was broken into and they took one valuable thing, my passport in a leather Tumi case.

Then yesterday morning I got a cryptic message from someone saying they had my passport.. They said they had found it on the ground and sent an apartment address at a an old apartment complex for me to pick it up.

So I drove over.

(Yeah, the situation seemed a little sketchy, but apparently with covid it takes forever to get a new passport and I didn’t want to have to wait until next May to travel again.)

I drive up to the address and the door was open. He was a construction worker laying carpet in an old run down apartment. He smiled and pointed out where he found it and gave me my passport *still in the Tumi case* with everything still inside.

He was just a kind, honest guy who found my passport and went through the effort to track me down and help me get it back.

I went through my wallet to give him whatever cash I had to say thanks and he just rolled his eyes, threw down his hand and said in his broken English “go give it to a poor person,” then walked back inside.

And I don’t know... with so much bad/cynical news, his kindness just made me really happy so I wanted to share.

Huge shoutout to good people.

One time as an SDR I got so stressed out I threw up.

I was working so hard all year for a goal that was slipping away. Everyone was no-showing, I got constant hang-ups, the number I had to hit depended on one (shaky) meeting at the end of the month… It made me physically ill.

I don’t know if people really appreciate how intense being an SDR can be.

You are the heartbeat of the company and everything stops if you do. It’s a huge responsibility and takes a level of grit and resilience that few people have.

Stay strong and be proud to be an SDR. You have one of the toughest jobs in tech, but it’s because of you that the world’s technologies spread.

You are quietly bringing the world into the future faster.

#HappyHunting

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