Which career path offers better compensation? Project Mgr or Solution Architect? With my background, I can go in either direction so curious what the pay structure looks like in each role.

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I’d say SA, but those are also completely different paths. Don’t do it for the money alone or you’re going to end up very unhappy.

Figure out which path you actually want to pursue. The money will come.

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Agree w/previous. The jobs are so different, it's hard for me to imagine someone able to enjoy both let alone perform well in both. I have done my share of wearing both hats when at smaller firms, but if I had to do PM work exclusively I'd go nuts.

I’d say SA in the first instance, but you’re more likely to hit a ceiling with that path given you often need to have management experience to progress beyond a certain level.

At Salesforce themselves, you’d be a director of functional consulting or something similar. At an end customer, I imagine that’s where you’d start to hit a ceiling.

I agree don’t just look at the compensation look at the job responsibilities and make sure you like what you do

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