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I've been a software developer for about 5 years. I love working on my own projects but feel really stressed and bored at a coding job. My escape plan is to mo

I've been a software developer for about 5 years. I love working on my own projects but feel really stressed and bored at a coding job. My escape plan is to move to B2B software sales. I know I might be optimistic but it has all the points that are appealing to me. - large salary based on performance (good luck working your ass off on that API or optimizing product for a fixed salary) - no programming (so I have brain cells left to work on my own projects after I come home) - profit generation culture (when you are a cost overhead like many engineers, you tend to be treated like a machine and measured for efficiency, you tend to compete with other engineers, I'd rather be paid more to win and I love a good race I can run on my own against others, not have senior engineers or managers slow me down.) - Everyday is a new ball game

saie 12y ago
Nice.
pentelkuru 12y ago
I've known salespeople could do well, but I was surprised just how much many reportedly earn: https://www.wealthfront.com/tools/startup-salary-equity-compensation https://www.wealthfront.com/tools/startup-salary-equity-comp... If you have the requisite talent and drive to do this, seems like a nice move.
thatswrong0 12y ago
My uncle's friend was an engineering sales type decades back.. I think worked for IBM. Had something to do with laying cables in Berkeley. He recommended I do a similar thing after a while because of the reasons you listed.
- johnward 12y ago
  Sales Engineering seems like a pretty good gig. You get to come in and do proof of concepts. Make things look like they work. Tell the customer anything is possible and everyone loves you. Then I, the consultant, have to come in and break it to them that no, not everything is possible. Also as the sales person you get a commission but I actually have to deliver results to get us paid and I get no additional compensation for that. To top that off my take home pay is about 1/10 of what the customer pays for my time.

saie 12y ago

Nice.

pentelkuru 12y ago

I've known salespeople could do well, but I was surprised just how much many reportedly earn: https://www.wealthfront.com/tools/startup-salary-equity-compensation https://www.wealthfront.com/tools/startup-salary-equity-comp... If you have the requisite talent and drive to do this, seems like a nice move.

thatswrong0 12y ago

My uncle's friend was an engineering sales type decades back.. I think worked for IBM. Had something to do with laying cables in Berkeley. He recommended I do a similar thing after a while because of the reasons you listed.

johnward 12y ago
Sales Engineering seems like a pretty good gig. You get to come in and do proof of concepts. Make things look like they work. Tell the customer anything is possible and everyone loves you. Then I, the consultant, have to come in and break it to them that no, not everything is possible. Also as the sales person you get a commission but I actually have to deliver results to get us paid and I get no additional compensation for that. To top that off my take home pay is about 1/10 of what the customer pays for my time.