Am I out of line when it comes to my job search?
Been out of a job for a minute. Have experience in Customer Success at a start up where I got thrown in the deep end. One week of training, then the only other CS person went out on baby leave. So with one week of training, I became an interim CS director.
With it being at a start up, I was pulling triple duty. CS, I was the main AE, and the "Hubspot guy". Ironically the only thing I didn't do was XDR stuff. Still had build my own pipelines and close my own deals.
Here's the fun part. This was a career change. My prior career was a hostage negotiator.
Should I be looking at CS, XDR, inside sales, or AE gigs.
Long term, I want to lean into the AE route or even do training.
Maybe im just frustrated with my job hunting pipeline. Had one interview where the interviewer wouldn't stop talking about how great Chris Voss is for sales training, then says im under qualified for the role.
Just need a reality check and what I should actually be looking for.
*If any of your sales teams needs an ex hostage negotiator, I know a guy*