[Revlis]

Originally Posted by ///Mantis

male whore

$400k a year? Not a whore, pimp maybe though...

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Originally Posted by Salespunk

There are two ways to look at this. For certain jobs such as high end sales, major does not really matter. From this perspective you need to decide what career path do you want to take.

Do you want an intellectual job where you will max out around $200K assuming you are at the top of the pile after 10 years and the security of a steady pay check no matter what? If so you will probably be able to get into a lot of Operations jobs with your degree. These will typically lead to a Director/COO job long term and a 9-5 work schedule. If you are more personable and want more flexibility you will be able to land an entry level sales job. In high end sales you will max out between $400-600K assuming you are top of the pile, but even a mid level sales person will be at $200K within 5-7 years. The advantages are that you have a lot of flexibility since you will not have to be in a office 5 days a week and unlimited upside earnings. The challenge is a HUGE amount of pressure. There is a number on your back every quarter and people are riding you no matter what. You also need to be totally self motivated and realize that the flexibility you have sometimes means 70-80 hour weeks other times.

I have a lot more detail, but I do not want to bore everyone. Let me know if you want more detail.

climbing the ladder to the top in 5-10 years....making 100k/yr is childs play in todays market....as for 200k+ at mid-level.....que?



some of the responses ive heard in this thread are absolutely astonishing

[Salespunk]

Like I said, if you are at the top of your game. We have district managers that are 28 and my top rep made $380K last year. The top rep in each district will usually make as much or more than their first level manager. Second level managers make more than both.

As for fields, any high dollar complex solutions. High tech is the easiest example. Someone who works for Dell or HP is going to make 90-130K since they are essentially box pushers. There is not much of a solution to sell. Once you go into things like networking, storage, software, etc. the OTE plans ramp dramatically. A typical NetApp rep will have a plan of $210K with a $5M quota. An SAP rep will have OTE of $275K. Once you get the right accounts it is not hard to over achieve numbers and do 175-250% of your number. That is where you start getting into the $350K range.

The career path can go one of two ways. Either you start in something simple like copier sales and then make the transition once you have 3-4 years of being sucessful or you go through an inside sales program starting with the company where you want to end up. These start with an outbound calling role, transition to selling into the install base and then end up in the field.