20 YOE after Masters in CS working in IT development operations with cutting edge cloud technologies still at 140K all inclusive. Seeing comps in Sales, what would you do to pivot career into sales.
I should have mentioned most of those 20 years are with the same company. That could have been the reason for where I am at.

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Sheesh 20 YOE and you're still at 140k? Where are you located? Idk if sales is the best vertical move. I think I agree with CPO1, you should look into tech roles

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Why sales? Have you considered moving into product or being more senior in technology?

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I personally think real work experience is more important. Work your way up the product org first. Education is good, but for how expensive it is, you first need to consider the return on investment.

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I would look into Solutions Architect positions. Great jumping point into pre-sales. I just moved from Sys Engineer to SA after 8 years and am at $155K.

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DM me. I can hook you up with much higher sal with a great company

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I mean I can see wanting to pivot to sales for the money, but I’d you’re liking the technical role I imagine you could move into management or something else. You’d probably make a killing in sales with your knowledge, though

sales engineer, customer success, biz dev, there's loads of roles around sales pre, during and post depending on the company

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Sales Engineer or Solutions architect

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