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I spent a summer doing door-to-door pest control and learned more about communication, discipline, and resilience than any campus job had taught me. It wasn’t glamorous, but it was formative. This is an honest look at what the experience actually involved.
One conversation with a high school friend led me from selling pest control door to door to owning my own pest control company in Arkansas. What started as a summer on the doors turned into four years of sales, leadership, and learning how the business actually works. This is how that path took me from rookie rep to building a company with real recurring revenue.
Before door-to-door, I was drifting in college, financially broke, and my biggest fear was setting high expectations only to fail and let myself down. Despite the hesitation, the no-brainer upside of controlling my own paycheck and betting on myself made me decide to join.
I went into that summer feeling lost, but I came out knowing the value of true work ethic and resilience. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done—a constant grind of rejection—but the skills I gained and the fact that I committed to a goal and saw it through changed how I see myself, earning me a substantial income in the process. I’m grateful I pulled the trigger, and I’d do it again.
I was stuck in hourly work, feeling unfulfilled and financially limited, but choosing the challenging, commission-based path of door-to-door sales gave me the discipline and growth to completely change my financial trajectory and become a happier, more confident version of myself. Though it was scary and hard at first, the sacrifice paid off, leading to a significant increase in income, major investments, and a net worth I am proud of.
I went into my first summer of door-to-door sales with no experience, but I was focused on personal growth. Despite my family's skepticism, I saw it as a chance to level up and build a future outside the traditional
I took a nontraditional path after college and spent a summer selling pest control door to door. That experience became the single biggest reason I stood out to Stryker over candidates with more “polished” resumes. Here’s what the work actually looked like and how it translated directly into a medical sales role.
Before door-to-door sales, I was struggling with a survival mindset, low confidence, and capped income from hourly jobs, but seeing others succeed pushed me to take a calculated risk to fund my education. Getting into sales forced me to gain discipline and self-belief, which transformed me from unintentional to impact-oriented and led to my revenue skyrocketing from $55,000 to $751,000 over three years.
