Grass is greener?
Been in public sector IT for 18 years, make about $140k, as a supervisor/mid manager. Have wide range of experience on the areas of enterprise applications like ERP, some azure, data analytics, team management, leadership, know basics of hardware, software, networking, GIS, etc. Generally I am resourceful for running an IT department.
If I work 12 more years, I can retire and collect a pension for life. I am in early 40s now.
I am seeing so many young people with less than 4 years of experience making well over $300k in places like amazon, bitedance, servicenow, salesforce, etc.
I fear, that I am missing out on making $$$.
Should I switch to private tech companies?I am 40+, will they even hire me?What sort of roles/companies should I be looking at to make $250k+?
Work as a client with many customer success managers (CSM) from companies like MS, Salesforce, servicenow etc, where I feel, its a easy job to make $$$, compared to my current job.
Private startups, sure, established companies, lol.
If it’s actually publicly traded, name brand company, it’s as secure as cash.
It’s all about your comfort level with risk. The private sector has more risk and the grass may look greener but that’s just green paint in a lot of cases.
You likely won’t see anything like a real pension plan in the private sector. You’re lucky that you’ve been around long enough to have a pension in the public sector now - most people don’t have that much anywhere these days.
What do you want?gobs of cash or quality of life?