Sales & Customer careers

The honest read on revenue-side careers — SDR grind, account management, agency recruitment and customer success — what the quotas really feel like, what the base actually pays, and which parts AI is automating first.

Sales Executive / SDR
You generate pipeline — cold calls, cold emails, LinkedIn touches — and book meetings for closers. It's the standard entry point into B2B sales: brutal on rejection, fast on progression if you hit quota.
Account Manager
You own a book of existing clients — keeping them happy, renewing contracts and growing what they spend. Less cold-calling than sales, more diplomacy: you're the person clients ring when something's on fire.
Recruitment Consultant
You run a sales desk matching candidates to vacancies — sourcing, selling to clients, closing placements. Famously high-churn, famously commission-heavy: the base is low and the ceiling is real.
Customer Success Manager
You make sure software customers actually use what they bought — onboarding, adoption, renewals, expansion. Born in SaaS, it's support with a revenue number attached and a seat closer to the commercial table.