Hi all, I’ve been in sales dev for just over 20 months. Started in inbound and got promoted to outbound bdr after 6 months. I’ve done well in outbound but never really enjoyed the role - I’m only doing it as it’s what is required to become an AE at most companies. I was never planning to be in the role for over a year and was expecting to have become an AE by now but hiring has been put on hold and there are basically no promo opportunities. I’ve applied externally but no luck.

Any advice?

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Transitioning from SDR to AE could take up to 3 years, especially nowadays. Be sure to be a top preformer and express your desire to management. Ask them straight what you need to improve on in order to become an AE.

Nothing to do other than to keep applying externally. You also need to be networking on LI with frontline sales managers; with any luck you'll be top-of-mind any time they need to hire SMB AEs.

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