I’m a sales rep for a semi conductor distributor. I’m closing up on 2 years, at this company, and starting to see the writing on the wall for a lot of our senior reps retiring in the next year or two.

I’m not sure what will happen to our office once 90 percent our team is gone. I’m the youngest in the branch (29) and not sure on the fate of where we’ll end up.

The flip side is, once these guys retire, there’s a good possibility I could take their whale accounts, which are big money.

The money is fairly good, I made about 85k my second year, unlimited vacation time, work fully remote with the exception of team meetings in person twice a month. But the struggle I’m having is that it’s an industry that I’m not that interested in. Don’t get me wrong, I work on a lot of cool projects, and help design in a lot of electronics for robotics, med device equipment, and other cool military applications.

But the company I’m with really never provided me with any training in the field on how to actually do the job. It’s even harder when it’s such a technical industry. Two years in, and I still feel like I can’t get into the “party”, if that makes sense. And trust me, I’ve taken all the necessary steps to address this and went to management to seek help and never got anywhere. Luckily I perform and keep the bosses happy.

I guess what I’m getting at is, when do you feel is the right time to jump? I’m pretty content with the perks of my job, and don’t want to take the chance of going somewhere else where I wouldn’t be happy I guess is what scares me. I also feel like 2 years at one place isn’t that attractive to other employers when applying, and feel like I should try and stick it out before moving on. Also, what are some companies, industries that would be a good transition from the semi conductor space? I’ve always been in sales but open to the business end of things aswell. Hopefully looking for a company that possibly a younger, more modern company culture, or a smaller company where I could be more hands on and learn a lot more.

Thanks for the read, and looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

Thanks!