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What kind of roles should I be looking at from my experience and salary to ask for?

Started off career in a unique account management gig (upsells and renewals) but was only there for a year.


Take an SDR gig since I always wanted to be on the NN side of things, only lasted a year.


Take another SDR gig, get promoted to AE after a year, and spend an year as an AE before some major personal life problems got in the way and I had to take time off at work. Was only making a 60k base as an AE.


Take another AE gig but only last 4 months in it, do not even put that on my resume.


Take an AE gig for six-figure base at a startup and getting laid off at the end of this month, been here for 9 months.


What kind of roles should I realistically be looking at and what is a fair salary for me to ask for?

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Sunbunny31
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AE for sure. And a HCOL area, or no?
CuriousFox
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Nuh....heh...
BitcoinAddict
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Yes HCOL
Sunbunny31
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As far as salary, always aim up, and look at Repvue to get an idea of what’s going on in your region.
BitcoinAddict
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I had a six figure base 😭
jefe
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I hope you can get that again, my friend.
BitcoinAddict
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Starting to doubt it :(
Space_Ghost20
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I'm right there with you. I got laid off from an AE job with a $75k base salary. My next job was at $50k base, and I ended up PIP'ed and canned. Starting to think getting back to $75k is a pipe dream. Even contemplating going back to SDR and restarting my career to get out of this rut.
Pachacuti
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
AE roles similar to what you just left. And at about the same comp.
SaasSlingin
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Take industry average X 1.1 -1.2 for HCOL
BitcoinAddict
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Uuuhhh I had a six figure base
jefe
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That's awesome, but you were pretty fortunate. I know salaries are higher in the US, but TBH that's pretty damn high for someone with that much/little experience.

You gotta know your worth, but it's also dangerous to anchor yourself to an amount that is far off the norm.
BitcoinAddict
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AE
Yeah, I would say 80k is a fair ask for a base
jefe
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I absolutely agree with that, especially in a HCOL
jefe
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Where are you located? And are you in SaaS? A specific industry?
BitcoinAddict
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SaaS and located in the US, looking for remote roles

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