Can’t seem to move
Need help understanding why I can’t seem to leave this shit show.
Context: I am a full cycle AE/channel manager at a cyber vendor. Piece of shit company with management that is just flat incompetent. Unqualified, incompetent nincompoops. Not even exaggerating. It’s becoming harder to sell because these fools can’t respect customers or partners and it’s affecting my reputation negatively. They can’t fucking do simple hardware delivery. Our technicals are also borderline incompetent, i find myself giving them solutions to even simple things like emulating android for demos.
Been SEVERELY underpaid (24k/year) because i said hey, its my first tech role, i will learn what i can then fuck off. I have closed big deals. 500k government clients competing with more established competitors. Haven’t been paid a cent of comm for 4 years. I built the region from scratch (MEA). Brought the channel partners, trained them, closed with them and also do direct outreach and running my own deals.
Fell victim to title inflation at 21, was named an RD and thought highly of myself, now realising huge mistake because i have no credibility. I changed my CV and LinkedIn so it looks like standard growth.
BDR 1.5 years —>AE 2.5yrs —> Channel Manager EMEA & APAC 2months totalling 4.2 years of total experience in IAM.
I’m honestly finding it so hard to move, i am based in Dubai and expect at least 5k/month with comm to move into BD or another AE role. Not even getting to second stage and I’m at a loss. I know the market is tough but I have been applying constantly for the past year and a half and getting nowhere.
I think i did pretty well for myself, i worked the region alone with no support from management and had to learn the hard way what works and what doesn’t, today my region pays salaries for everyone outside of the US and nobody else is closing anything. My salary hasn’t been increased and still no comm and i don’t see that changing.
Posted Sep 12, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC