A personal blog about religion, politics, and business.
My name is Daquan Tyrell Pean, a Muslim man from New York City, a licensed Insurance Agent living in Florida, and a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
I am also a painter and a poet.
I originally started this blog as a way of promoting my insurance business, but the subject matter immediately deviated in response to my personal life. It was as wild to write as it is to look back on it, and It’s insane to think that was only the beginning. Since then, I’ve “reset” this blog a few times, learning more and more about myself in the process.
Early Life
I was born on March 16, 1992 in the now defunct St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center, located in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. I was born into a family of Haitian Immigrants. I have no father, and my mother was 15 years old when I was born. The age of consent was 14 back then. My mother, like her mother and her father, were born in Haiti, and raised speaking French and Haitian Creole as opposed to English, and emigrated from Haiti, when my grandfather, Yves Pean, brought himself and our family to New York City to escape the madness of Haiti under rule of the Duvalier Dynasty.
Due to circumstances, my mother and I both ended up in foster care, and eventually I would end up as an orphan, after my mother chose self-preservation over keeping our family together.
After that, I was adopted by a woman from Baltimore, living in the Bronx until the September 11th terror attacks. After that my life changed dramatically.
The site at which I was born was about 2 miles from where the Twin Towers stood. My childhood home was bout 3 miles away. The school I was attending at the time, PS/MS 390 was about 15 miles away, located in the Bronx.
9/11 represents the day my childhood ended; I moved away from my hometown before the year would end, and I would be separated from my family for good.
I’ve been a member of the Republican Party since January 11, 2011.
I am single and I’ve never been married.
I have no children.
I have no parents.
Outside of religion or employment, I have no relatives.
I studied at the Art Institute of York-Pennsylvania, before they shut down. When I was active duty in the Marines, I studied at Marine Corps Communications Electronics School (MCCES) in Twentynine Palms. I served in the Marines for a total of 16 months, a year of which I spent at the location above.
Business Career
My career so far has spanned 9 full years, 17 different jobs, and 3 different industries.
The majority of my career has actually been in marketing, where I’ve spent a little over 4 years across 12 employers. Most of these were very short term (1 to 3 months) but there were two companies where I spent over 1 year:
- Just Energy (18 months total) – $62,280
- Trust Group Inc (12 months) $18,685
Both companies involved primarily selling fixed rate energy supply contracts and managing small to medium sized sales teams, the primary differences were that I worked directly for Just Energy instead of being contracted through a third party, and the fact that Just Energy was door to door and Trust Group involved tabletop campaigns mostly inside of Big Box retailers.
Just Energy was the highest paying single employer of my career to date and Trust Group is to this day my favorite place to ever have worked.
It took forever to figure out how much money I made at Just Energy because of how they changed the compensation plan when I worked there, but I when I reviewed my finances last year I actually checked the IRS records for each year so the numbers are accurate.
The other two years in the marketing portion of my career were split between the following companies: Direct Energy, Entrust Energy, Entel Marketing, Agile Marketing, Elite Maryland Marketing, Detoor Marketing, ISI Elite Training, Worldwide Promotions, and Link Management. Out of all the above companies, the only ones not part of the same network as Just Energy or Trust Group was ISI Elite Training, a boutique fitness studio I worked at for 3 months directly after getting out of the Marines, and Macy’s, a popular retail chain and my first job inside of a mall. My earnings from that time frame are as follows:
| Company | Total Earnings | Core Product | Campaign Type | Duration |
| Just Energy | $62,280 | fixed rate energy supply contracts | residential (D2D) | 18 months |
| Trust Group Inc | $18,685 | fixed rate energy supply contracts | retail & events (tabletop) | 12 months |
| Entel Marketing | $9,911 | fixed rate energy supply contracts | residential (D2D) | 4 months |
| Macy’s | $9,722 | credit cards/women’s shoes | retail & events (salesfloor) | 4 months |
| ISI Elite Training | $5,290 | personal training/group workouts | office/studio | 3 months |
| Link Management | $4,145 | online banking | retail & events (B2B) | 3 months |
| Entrust Energy | $3,390 | fixed rate energy supply contracts | residential (D2D) | 2 months |
| Detoor Marketing | $2,605 | telecommunications | retail & events (tabletop) | 2 months |
| Elite Maryland Marketing | $1,612 | telecommunications | retail & events (tabletop) | 1 month |
| Direct Energy | $150 | fixed rate energy supply contracts | residential (D2D) | 2 weeks |
| Agile Marketing | $125 | charities | retail & events (tabletop) | 2 weeks |
| Worldwide Promotions | $120 | telecommunications | residential (D2D) | 2 weeks |
Some interesting stats:
- I’ve made $94,416 selling fixed rate energy supply contracts over 3 years, for an average of $31,472 per year, which is by far my highest paying role. 2 of those years were spent on residential aka door to door campaigns, which made a total of $75,731 or $37,865 per year, which is significantly more than what I make on average.
- I made $4,337 selling telecommunications contracts over 3 months, which is more or less the same as the $4,145 I made selling online banking platforms over the same time frame. I made a total of $36,894 in retail & event campaigns over a 2 year period, for an average of $18,447 per year, which is less significantly more than what I make on average.
- Overall, I’ve made $118,035 from my marketing career, over a 4 year period, for an average of $29,508.75 per year, with little to no downtime between jobs. The average length of time spent with each employer is a little over 4 months.
My career can be highlighted by any of the following:
- 4 years of direct marketing
- 3 years selling fixed rate energy supply contracts
- 2 years of door to door
- 2 years of retail & events
The average amount of time I worked at any one company is a little over 4 months. All of these jobs paid based upon performance, and about half of these jobs were 100% commission. I earned promotions to Leadership and or Management at the following companies:
- Just Energy
- Trust Group Inc
- Detoor Marketing
- Link Management
My career outside of marketing has a bit more stability income-wise, although is a bit more varied.
2 years in accounting/finance, 2 years in sales/customer service, and the 16 months I spent in the Marines, for a total of 5 years. Similarly, we can break down my career by the numbers:
| Company | Total Earnings | Industry | Environment | Duration |
| Marines (DoD) | $38,648 | Security | Base/Off-Base Events | 16 months |
| Giant Food | $32,385 | Sales/Customer Service | Salesfloor/ Front Office | 16 months |
| Mariner Finance | $28,563 | Accounting/Finance | Office/Desk | 9 months |
| Kennedy Services | $27,777 | Accounting/Finance | Office/Desk | 11 months |
| Walmart | $16,003 | Sales/Customer Service | Storefront | 12 months |
More interesting statistics:
- I’ve earned $56,340 from the 2 years working in accounting/finance, for an average of $28,170 per year, which is slightly less than what I made in marketing. It’s worth noting that I did not work a full year for either of the two companies in this industry.
- I’ve earned $48,338 from the 2 years working in sales/customer service, for an average of $24,194, which is about what I make on average overall. It’s also worth noting that I worked slightly more than a year for both of these companies.
- The average duration for non-marketing jobs is a little over a year, which is significantly higher than the 4 months average found in marketing.
Now let’s put it all together:
| Company | Total Earnings | Core Product | Campaign Type | Duration |
| Just Energy | $62,280 | fixed rate energy supply contracts | residential (D2D) | 18 months |
| Marines (DoD) | $38,648 | Security | Base/Off-Base Events | 16 months |
| Giant Food | $32,385 | Sales/Customer Service | Salesfloor/ Front Office | 16 months |
| Mariner Finance | $28,563 | Accounting/Finance | Office/Desk | 9 months |
| Kennedy Services | $27,777 | Accounting/Finance | Office/Desk | 11 months |
| Trust Group Inc | $18,685 | fixed rate energy supply contracts | retail & events (tabletop) | 12 months |
| Walmart | $16,003 | Sales/Customer Service | Storefront | 12 months |
| Entel Marketing | $9,911 | fixed rate energy supply contracts | residential (D2D) | 4 months |
| Macy’s | $9,722 | credit cards/women’s shoes | retail & events (salesfloor) | 4 months |
| ISI Elite Training | $5,290 | personal training/group workouts | office/studio | 3 months |
| Link Management | $4,145 | online banking | retail & events (B2B) | 3 months |
| Entrust Energy | $3,390 | fixed rate energy supply contracts | residential (D2D) | 2 months |
| Detoor Marketing | $2,605 | telecommunications | retail & events (tabletop) | 2 months |
| Elite Maryland Marketing | $1,612 | telecommunications | retail & events (tabletop) | 1 month |
| Direct Energy | $150 | fixed rate energy supply contracts | residential (D2D) | 2 weeks |
| Agile Marketing | $125 | charities | retail & events (tabletop) | 2 weeks |
| Worldwide Promotions | $120 | telecommunications | residential (D2D) | 2 weeks |
Here are the stats:
- $261,411 total earnings
- $15,377 average per employer
- 6 month average duration
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