Very unsure about what career path to choose. I would love to be fully remote, but am not sure what path I want yet.
Have felt unfulfilled/empty in sales and know there are other avenues out there.
How many of you are making $200,000+? How many hours weekly do you work? Years of experience? Industry? Regrets and rejoices?
byu/Wannabeballer321 inEntrepreneur
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What industry are you in?
Tech industry is hard to get into right now, but the salaries for front office + management roles are the near-best across all industries (marketing, sales, cs, and product management, project / program management etc.)
I do not make over $200K. I make ~$120K as a Customer Success Manager at a tech company (fully remote). Plenty of our sales guys push over $200K. Our Solutions Architects push between $170-210K. Our managers push between $130-180K. Our directors are $200K+. Our Product Managers go between $125-200K.
Just depends if you want to be an individual contributor versus people management.
If people management, pick an industry and climb with team-wide results.
If individual contributor, pick an industry and department. Sometime additional education is required (PM certification or front-end dev cert for architects). Otherwise sales can/may get you there in the right industry.
… my 2¢
Make >$200k work 3 days a week.
Own a commercial pest control company and invest in Realestate on the side (wholesaling mostly). Had a deal close in January for $40k, have another that should close this summer for $25k.
Just put a significantly larger one in the pipe that could be over $100k but would close next year or late this year.
I did that last year. Cybersecurity consulting. I averaged about 20 hours per week and can work from anywhere. A little more if I include my podcast, but that is more of a passion project, even though it is owned by my business.
I’m 23 and last year I made around $260,000. I own a hotshot general freight company. I started in February of 2023. Coming from a family that owns companies helped me out for sure. I was in the same spot as you in 2022. I was fresh out of college and had no idea on what I was going to do with my life. My parents gave me a great opportunity and I’m doing great. You need to find out what you’re good at and excel in that. I didn’t know I was good at doing business and negotiating until I gave it a try. Good luck brother! You’ll be fine.
60+, 13 years, Medicine. Regrets- life passing by without me- not married, no kids. Rejoices- not living paycheck to paycheck/financial security.
I make significant over $200k a year.
I’m in the retail industry and work around 50hrs a week, fully remote. I’ve been doing this for around 4 years and enjoy it. The business would be easy to sell and easy to scale if I wanted to do it.
I’m also in the real estate industry and make about $200k/year here as well. I spend less than 10hrs per week on it, but most of them are in person. This could be fully remote but it seems like being more personally involved leads to better returns and tighter control.
No regrets.
I love being able to volunteer a significant amount of my time to charities without having to worry about money. I also really enjoy donating money to charities that are in need. 10/10 giving money away is me living my best life.
As a w2, i capped out averaging around 240-270k in a regional sales leadership role for a national insurance carrier. That includes bonus and stock. I’ve made a bit more than twice that starting my own recruitment agency within that same industry, but that took a few years.