16 Years A Chef To A Tech Sales Role, Here's How Dan Did It

<p>Dan spent 16 years as a chef, working up to exec chef running two restaurants, before making the move into tech sales. No tech background, no sales experience. With Double Triple, he landed an SDR role at Kong, matching his six-figure chef salary at entry level, with his first week onboarding in Japan.</p><p>In this case study, Caelah sits down with him to break down how he did it. Why he wanted out of a capped career despite loving the work, how he weighed multiple offers with a simple pros-and-cons approach and his wife, and what actually got him hired: transferable soft skills, grit, and coachability over a technical background. He also gets into learning the tech stack from scratch, multi-threading, and finally getting his nights and weekends back.</p><p>Before Double Triple, Dan couldn&#39;t see any path past the ceiling of an exec chef role.</p>