On Path

Semir Jahic is a Senior Manager, Sales Engineering & Operations at Clari. In this episode we chat about his life and career path: growing up in a small village in central Switzerland, landing a job at Accenture, discovering sales engineering, his time at Salesforce, and landing a job at the hypergrowth start up Clari through a cold message to the CEO.

Show Notes

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  Show notes: 
  • Growing up in a village in central Switzerland
  • What prompted a move to London?
  • Working in social care to welcome refugees
  • Landing a job at Accenture
  • Key learnings from consulting
  • Least favorite aspects of consulting
  • union4digital: a bucket for all things outside of daily work
  • Semir's take on side hustles
  • Discovering pre-sales and solution engineering
  • Life at Salesforce
  • What makes a good manager?
  • Leading a team remotely
  • Deciding between email and Slack
  • Joining Clari through a cold message to the CEO
  • Sales kick-off in 2022
  • Leveraging LinkedIn
  • Posting consistently
  • Prompts to overcome a blank page
  • Advice for his previous self

What is On Path ?

With the On Path podcast you'll hear the behind-the-scenes of what got professionals in the technology sector to where they are today. These are the career and life stories that aren't captured on a LinkedIn or web profile. The twists and turns. The inspirations and influences. Hosted by Vijay Viswanathan.