Net - more salary growth in sales, also more risk. technical sales (sales engineering) roles are hot commodity if you can code and do devops. good intro to carrying a bag. consulting is a good option if you move from technical sales and have a good network.
1999 - $60k - Sr. Consultant
2000 - $85k, 5k options - Sr. Consultant - startup #1
2001 - $90k - Sr. Engineer
2002 - $95k, OTE $130k - Sales engineering
2005 - $110k, 10k options, OTE $200k - Sales engineering mgr - startup #2
2007 - $80k - own startup
2010 - $400k - acquisition, $200/hr consulting
2012 - $450k - $215/hr consulting
2015 - $500k - $225/hr consulting
2017 - $400k, $100k starting - eng leadership - bigco
2018 - $200k, $500k OTE, stock rsu - sales - bigco
Net - more salary growth in sales, also more risk. technical sales (sales engineering) roles are hot commodity if you can code and do devops. good intro to carrying a bag. consulting is a good option if you move from technical sales and have a good network.