Considering pivoting into tech. Currently considering Project Management or Presales tech. I understand the general roles of each. Presales seem to make more than PM, so I am leaning towards presales. Curious if any PMs considered presales and why you decided to do Project management instead

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I’ve actually considered pre sales but I kept moving up in the PM world. Now I’m a consultant specializing in PM. It’s hard to switch over to pre sale without contacts.

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Thank you PM1! If you don’t mind sharing, How much was your starting pay, what is it now as a consultant? And how many hours were you typically working before consulting and how many do you work now?

At first I started as a contractor. My rates went very quickly from $40/hr to $90/hr. Now in consulting role $180k. I started my PM career in 2019. Hope that helps!

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That’s very helpful, thank you!!

In my experience, pre-sales folks usually have a technical background.

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Although, it does take the a some months to find their first position, I know of many from different backgrounds who have switched to pre-sales by taking a boot camp and obtaining certs. Essentially, that’s the route I would take.

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