Are you guys aiming for management positions (VP or Sales Manager) or focusing for on being the number 1 rep?

I am curious what you guys are thinking about? I feel like its easy to lean toward sales management but I have heard based on commission you can make wayyy more being a rep. Thoughts?

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CadenceCombat
Tycoon
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Account Executive
A little bit of column A and a little bit of column B. I'd like to be a Sales Director eventually.
Merinon
Contributor
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Government Account and Bid Specialist
Sales Director after making fat commish sounds like the dream
maddiac
Member
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Account Executive
Would love to be sales management but need to buy a house first!
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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Nah I'm happy being an IC.
SalesPharaoh
Big Shot
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Senior Account Executive
I don't know what is the difference? Can someone jump in? Shouldn't it logically be if you are the top rep you get promoted? How does it work?
TheRealPezDog
Notable Contributor
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Account Manager
First off, great post/question.ย  I pick being the number 1 rep because I've been a "manager/supervisor" before and it sucks.ย  You are no longer in a sales role and instead you have to manage multiple personalities only to be judged by the sales your team is either making or not making... I would encourage anyone thinking "management" is easier to reconsider and actually WATCH what their Directors/Managers have to deal with on the daily, just my 2 cents.ย 
DragonTiger
Good Citizen
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VP of Sales
I always hated when managers in my organizations were saying that you donโ€™t earn any money as a manager. You don't earn as much per deal, but you have many more people selling into your pocket, so by the end of the year, you should be better off. If there wasn't an economic incentive to be in management, everyone would be ICs. But first-line managers are the BDRs of management. It's a grind and a grind that usually takes 4-6 years to overcome.
LambyCorn
Arsonist
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A mfkn E
i want to be an enterprise AE some day - still stuck at the SDR
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