Crazy Job Situation: What Would You Do?

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Originally Posted by skinsguy

Thanks Rat, and I DO agree with you on the second point. Being that I'm married to one of those types, I know what you're talking about. I think one aspect of being a good I.T. professional is always being one step ahead of the possible failure.

Obviously you need to decide between the two offers you have now but I think you should seriously consider IT sales positions in the somewhat near future especially considering that your current decision is between advertising and IT administration.

Companies are always looking for "geeks" that can communicate with decision makers in IT departments and talk tech with them. A lot of IT guys kind of dismiss the sales route in part because they think to succeed in sales you got to be a "work a room" type of guy but study after study shows that the top performers in sales are usually introverts which coincidentally describes a lot of IT grads. This is mainly because success in sales is usually about developing relationships and trust as well as listening, all of which are key assets of introverts.

Plus in IT sales the sales cycles are typically pretty long so you usually don't have to worry as much about hitting quotas every month. Base salaries are pretty high and if you get commissions off a big sale life gets even better. Best of all though legitimate IT sales positions offer a lot of flexibility in regards to work hours.

Anyway something to think about, not now obviously but in the near future it's a very realistic possibility.

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