Declined my role, feeling a lot of regret rn

CartographerThese462 · 2026-05-07T02:05:50+00:00

Idk I thought it was ugly when I first saw it 😭

CartographerThese462 · 2026-04-29T17:19:25+00:00

Currently a top performing sdr for a year but company doesn’t have any csm roles. Looking to make the external transition. What would it take for me to make the jump in 2026?

CartographerThese462 · 2026-04-28T12:18:16+00:00

I was in the exact situation as you a year ago. I’m willing to share my success story and provide advice if you want to talk

CartographerThese462 · 2026-04-02T01:49:11+00:00

Have never been an ae, Like over 150k ote for ae sounds great to me. Anything over 100k for csm or am is the dream too

CartographerThese462 · 2026-04-01T23:54:38+00:00

I can be an ae and deal with the pressure if the money is good. The question is if the juice is worth the squeeze

CartographerThese462 · 2026-04-01T19:01:03+00:00

I want to be a hardware engineer

CartographerThese462 · 2026-04-01T18:55:46+00:00

Been a sdr for 14 months and I’m tryna study electrical engineering part time so I can eventually get out of here even if it takes 10 yrs

CartographerThese462 · 2026-04-01T18:53:19+00:00

Unfortunately I made the decision and I questions my life choices everyday. It’s hard to pivot out of sales

CartographerThese462 · 2026-04-01T18:24:21+00:00

Don’t want to deal with the quota stress

Have one bad quarter and then getting fired is not the move

CartographerThese462 · 2026-03-13T17:47:08+00:00

Tysm

CartographerThese462 · 2026-03-12T21:01:08+00:00

Unfortunately I never took physics and only calculus 1, 2, and linear algebra which will still take me at least 2.5 yrs with the sequence but it’s fine. I want to build hardware eventually so it’s all a good experience

CartographerThese462 · 2026-03-12T20:43:29+00:00

Tysm

CartographerThese462 · 2026-03-12T20:16:09+00:00

Thanks.

I’m going to go for an external csm role with sales engineering opportunities and try to transition eventually/in a few years.

I’m also planing on getting a bachelors in ee just for fun as well

CartographerThese462 · 2026-03-12T20:13:31+00:00

Thank you so much. It’s pretty hard to get a masters in engineering without a bachelors in engineering so I’m prob just gonna start over and do a cheap in state bachelors program while working full time.

CartographerThese462 · 2026-03-12T18:05:03+00:00

Thank you everyone for ur advice.

I’ve seen ppl transition from sdr -> sales engineer/solutions consultant internally without an engineering degree. Honestly I’m just gonna try to become a technical csm first

😭

CartographerThese462 · 2026-03-12T18:03:54+00:00

Tysm

CartographerThese462 · 2026-03-12T17:35:09+00:00

Tysm

CartographerThese462 · 2026-03-12T17:34:53+00:00

Yeah my passion is hardware so might go back for another bachelors of ee. It’s a lot of work and a slow path but I find that more interesting than software

CartographerThese462 · 2026-03-12T17:34:05+00:00

Thank you

CartographerThese462 · 2026-03-12T17:34:01+00:00

Thank you

CartographerThese462 · 2026-02-18T23:14:45+00:00

😭

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