Solutions Engineer at a manufacturer or VAR (value added reseller)

This step might seem far away, but if you know what you’re doing and have an experienced mentor, you could be here in 2-4 years. This position can pay anywhere between 100k and 250k a year. Not bad huh?
In this step your goal should be to become a pre-sales engineer, post sales implementation engineer or technical account manager. There are thousands of value added resellers (VAR’s), and manufacturers such as Cisco Systems and Arista Networks.
Keep in mind that the IT skills gap is expected to keep growing and growing. So, if you follow these steps, soon you’ll be in a prime position to literally get whatever you want as a salary because your skill set will be extremely valuable.
The ugly truth
We’ve been told that it takes basically a decade to land a high paying technical job. Some of us even go to college for anywhere between 2 to 6 years, we study for certs, break into an entry level role…
But then what?
When I was getting started I would’ve loved to have a mentor to guide me. I would’ve avoided all the pitfalls and traps that are patiently awaiting for anyone looking to move up in the IT world –we can’t learn this in college or by earning certs, or even in entry level roles.
Most people are sold into thinking that becoming a network engineer takes as long as becoming a lawyer or a doctor. No wonder we’re are alright with staying in entry level roles for so long!
It’s not our fault, though. Colleges and universities want to paint a picture that makes it seem impossible to level up our skills without paying them a lot of money and spending a bunch of years studying –it’s their way to stay in business, I guess…  
Why not take the alternative route to becoming a network engineer –one that costs less money and time– when there are so many examples of people who have already done it and many more who are currently doing it?

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