I've been in the app advertising/ad tech space for the last 9 years. I'm making about 270k OTE, and have hit my quota all quarters this year. This is my 4th company in this field and every time I jumped, I had a huge increase in pay and a title bump (I'm now a director).
However, I think I've capped out. I started looking for a new job earlier this year just to see whats out there, but everywhere I interviewed (competitors, adjacent companies, even at Apple), the pay was pretty much what I'm making now, at most like, 5k more a year.
It's a fairly specialized industry, my boss is great, the company is doing well, I'm fully remote and I have the opportunity to speak on panels, be on podcasts, etc. But I want more money, however, I don't want to be a manager.
What would you do in this situation? Stay in my current role as IC and get tiny 3% raises each year? Suck it up and become a manager? Leave for another industry where I have 0 knowledge or social capital?
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