programmers: what are your career goals?
hey blind community- thanks for all the insight youve provided into computer science related professions for someone on the outside. quick question- almost every single one of the most brilliant people i knew in school (just my opinion) among a lot of talented individuals are now data scientists or programmers of some kind. some of them even studied law or other things first. is it a brain drain due to TC? what are some examples of why you got into the area youre in and where do you see yourself going in your career? i have 3 YOE in media sales and make 280 OTE - 140k base and 5% straight commision on every dollar i bring in for the company. my career goal is to be publisher in 5 years for the publication i work for which would pay about double what i make today with steady yearly increases until that level. i chose this career because it was an easy transition after launching a startup right out of college. tldr - what’s your career goal? and why’d you choose programming? also if you have any questions about sales AMA
I guess my goal would be to get other people to maintain my open source code because it’s integral to their main line
Alot of people go into programming for TC. Though it is not a "brain drain," this is where innovation is happening and where smart people should go.
Makes sense. How scalable are the earnings? On here a lot of people are talking about early career. What could you be doing and making TC 25 years in that interests you?
A lot of people max out at 350k. Others make it to 500k. Very few make it passed that. I make 480k right now. I am working on my own robotics startup. That is what I want to work on fulltime. I will do that fulltime once I can.
u overthinking it, same reason u want to be a publisher, more pay
I want to start my own company one day. I lack in sales skills so maybe we can swap
To retire early
You mind if I dm you? I have a few questions about breaking into these lucrative sales roles
Since your TC is tied to sales, curious how does the fluctuation look like?
If you’re at a strong media company on a good category like tech you’ll make at least your target which will be 100-130 plus 30-60 in your first AE role. So year to year will be pretty stable unless you get on a category that is in decline and not spending that year like they did in previous years. As you gain experience in sales and move up your base increases and you’ll find your niche usually which stabilizes your income. This is media sales though tech might be more volatile.
For example I’m in year three and now make a lot more guaranteed than I did in year one plus I asked for more potential on the back end in commission.