23. How did a highway billboard change your career and lead you to adult
online?
As fate would have it, I was driving on the freeway one day and kept seeing this obnoxious billboard on the road that said, Hi Tech Job Fair. It was in black font with a pink background. No offense Halcyon & Tassy ;). So, I kept seeing it and was wondering if I should go check it out. On the last day, I decided to drive down to the convention center and there was only 1 hour left. I had my resume in hand and was very intimidated seeing companies like Raytheon. As I walked around, everyone was starting to pack up their booths and I came across a company called WebSideStory (HitBOX). I had no idea what they did, but I liked the name and the people seemed approachable. They were the only company I turned my resume into. After many interviews, one which was with Rainey Stricklin (PrideBucks), I was hired. I had no idea what the company really did, but ended up working with and for some great people. I endedup working for Rainey in online ad sales, where she was also Scott Rabinowitz's (TrafficDude) boss. Scott was in charge of the adult traffic and I learned a great deal from both of them. I went on to become one of the top salespeople there on a team of like 18 at one time.
It was pretty exciting experiencing the whole IPO hype, even though we didn't go public at the time. Every Friday we would have a happy hour with kegs and food on the 6th floor rooftop. You can see the ocean from here and I actually had an ocean view from my office and could tell if the surf was pumping. Rainey used to have some kewl team contests, that focused not only on numbers, but physical activities as well. I won a lot of those...heh We used to also have a nerf basketball hoop and I'm not talking about the kind you hang on the wall. We had the fullon stand that you fill up with water and can slam dunk on. Okay, for me its a slam dunk
WebSideStory did end up going public and their stock isn't doing too bad
WSSI
Good times and great memories!