I jumped from pure engineering to a Solutions Architect role and my total earnings spiked to $240k due to commission overrides and client bonuses. But my day-to-day is now just spinning up basic slide decks and doing high-level product demos instead of writing actual, scalable code. Will this hurt me in the long run?

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If your future goal is to become a chief architect, technical director, or even CTO, then while technical depth is important, business acumen and customer influence are equally crucial. However, I would advise retaining some hands-on experience to avoid becoming completely detached from technical details a few years later

What are you trying to do in the long run?

Haha, my only goal right now is to make more money

I hear you. Since I started at my company they've twice promoted me. I make over 400 dollars a second - but all I do is play on my steam deck during the day. Will this hurt me?

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