> These aren't the kind of roles you can work your way into. You have to be in the right place at the right time and be there for a long time Sorry for grammar

> These aren't the kind of roles you can work your way into. You have to be in the right place at the right time and be there for a long time Sorry for grammar. On mobile but wanted to quickly contribute. I was incredibly lucky in my last role. Something I don't think I'll ever be able to match again. When I joined the company as a sysadmin there were 30 staff, and they really liked the work I did and eventually they put me on this innovation incentive scheme that basically said "If you keep delivering innovative solutions and driving the technology direction in the way that you are, we will pay you a bonus of 1.5% of the profit made from e-commerce sales every 4" At the time sales profit from e-commerce channels was about 250k for each period, so a very nice $3500~ bonus every 4 months. When I left the company ~15 years later: - 5000+ staff - Had moved into a role managing a large team of sysadmins and was responsible for the technical innovation strategy/direction of the business overall. - Same CEO and and my original "IT manager" was now the CTO who I still reported into. - They kept me on the same bonus scheme for my whole time at the company. - By the time I left online sales profit for each 4 month period was $50,000,000. Right place, right time, right people. :-) I gave up a lot for that job and worked damn hard though. I let it consume me and ended up very unhealthy.