u/Far-Arugula4933

Hi all, having a hard time with this decision. Im currently a 27y/o SR BI analyst at a public tech company. I make about $160k in my current role (bonus included) and have a great work life balance. I’m fully remote, know how to do my job, have opportunities to learn new tools - there’s a lot of great things about my job.

Despite this, I feel like my path forward in this role means getting a lot more technical which is not something I have much interest in. Because of this I’ve been considering pursuing a presales role where I can rely on some of my natural skills as opposed to technical skills - I’m a strong communicator/presenter, enjoy talking with new people, and helping to solve their problems.

I reached out to some solution consultant managers at my company to see what it’s all about. One thing led to the next and now they are giving me an offer for a mid-market solution consultant role for $150k OTE. It’s a 70/30 pay split with a $105k base and $45k variable. The variable pay is 75% team quota and 25% personal quota. I tried to negotiate for higher OTE but no luck there.

I am torn between taking this SC role or keeping my current job. On one hand I feel like doing this new job for a year could be worth the pay hit if it helps me land a higher paying presales role elsewhere (assuming I like the work). It gets me away from the technical side of things and would be an interesting adventure. On the other hand, there is potentially a lot of travel involved, unpredictable pay (and less of it lol), more uncertainty, higher stress, all the things that come with a role in sales. Also, some of the current SCs have expressed that they are not confident they will hit their quotas. I hate the idea of taking a pay cut and kind of resent the fact they couldn’t at least match my current salary. I also don’t want to pass up an opportunity to move into sales - not sure how else I would make that transition.

Should I take the pay cut and go for it to pivot my career? Should I keep my cushy role and find another opportunity to pursue? Thanks in advance for any advice .

Hi all, having a hard time with this decision. Im currently a 27y/o SR BI analyst at a public tech company. I make about $160k in my current role (bonus included) and have a great work life balance. I’m fully remote, know how to do my job, have opportunities to learn new tools - there’s a lot of great things about my job.

Despite this, I feel like my path forward in this role means getting a lot more technical which is not something I have much interest in. Because of this I’ve been considering pursuing a presales role where I can rely on some of my natural skills as opposed to technical skills - I’m a strong communicator/presenter, enjoy talking with new people, and helping to solve their problems.

I reached out to some solution consultant managers at my company to see what it’s all about. One thing led to the next and now they are giving me an offer for a mid-market solution consultant role for $150k OTE. It’s a 70/30 pay split with a $105k base and $45k variable. The variable pay is 75% team quota and 25% personal quota. I tried to negotiate for higher OTE but no luck there.

I am torn between taking this SC role or keeping my current job. On one hand I feel like doing this new job for a year could be worth the pay hit if it helps me land a higher paying presales role elsewhere (assuming I like the work). It gets me away from the technical side of things and would be an interesting adventure. On the other hand, there is potentially a lot of travel involved, unpredictable pay (and less of it lol), more uncertainty, higher stress, all the things that come with a role in sales. Also, some of the current SCs have expressed that they are not confident they will hit their quotas. I hate the idea of taking a pay cut and kind of resent the fact they couldn’t at least match my current salary. I also don’t want to pass up an opportunity to move into sales - not sure how else I would make that transition.

Should I take the pay cut and go for it to pivot my career? Should I keep my cushy role and find another opportunity to pursue? Thanks in advance for any advice .