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Warning: That career change I made 6 months ago backfired hard
Left a steady IT job last December to try sales at a startup. Thought the commission would be worth it. I've made about $12,000 total since then, and my savings are almost gone. Has anyone else jumped ship and regretted it within the first year?
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kai7791mo ago
Yeah, jumping ship is the new staying put around here.
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elliot_harris256d ago
That "jumping ship is the new staying put" line hits way too close to home. It feels like nobody commits to anything anymore, not just jobs. I see it everywhere now, people switching apartments every lease, swapping gyms every few months, even ditching friend groups when things get slightly awkward. It's like we all got programmed to think the next thing is always better than what we've got. Maybe it's because we're bombarded with ads and social media showing us everyone else's "perfect" moves 24/7. But honestly, that constant hunting for something shinier just leaves you exhausted and still not satisfied.
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paigewood1mo ago
$12,000 in six months is rough but that's actually about $2,000 a month which is more than I made my first year in sales at a car dealership back in 2019. A lot of these startup sales jobs pay a small base and then promise big commissions that take months to actually come through if they ever do. Maybe check if your old IT job has a rehire policy, a guy I know went back to his old company after a failed startup venture and they took him back within the same week.
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