How old were you when you climbed the ranks?
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Anonymous
| How old were you when you became a director? How old were you when you became a VP? |
Anonymous
| 27 |
Anonymous
| I jumped from an individual contributor role to a Senior Director slot of a Fortune 1,000 company at age 41, and made it to VP of a Fortune 500 at 49. |
Anonymous
| Tips and industry would be helpful here |
Anonymous
| Director at 33. VP at 42. Woman, large European multinational. |
Anonymous
| Director at 43, fortune 500 $9 billion tech company |
Anonymous
|
Director 33
Sr. Director 35 Fortune 300 |
Anonymous
| Bad question because those titles mean different things at different places. Talented specialist professional individual contributors are more achieving than directors of undifferentiated workers. |
Anonymous
|
DH made director at 40, making 180k.
I am still a lowly manager making 220k. |
Anonymous
What jobs? This is why titles don't mean anything... |
Anonymous
| DH made director at 30 in retail; 200k. Usually route is 2-3 years for Senior Director and then 3-4 more for VP at his company. |
Anonymous
| Director at 36, health policy organization. Haven’t made the leap higher because I made a lateral move to another company. |
Anonymous
| Senior Manager on cusp of Director at 33. Decided that I wanted to be the highest paid individual contributor I could be. Back to grad school at 34. New job at 39 and literally today at 50 it goes into effect that I am at the highest tier of individual contributor in my company. (Salary band goes to 180). I direct the work of others but I don't have to deal with the people management aspects. And, I have more flexibility and influence than I imagined politically. I fought hard to not have to be on a ladder, but to get paid enough and have enough autonomy. |
Anonymous
| I went from an individual contributor to management at 34. My job title is Vice President but I work somewhere where our titles are inflated. |
Anonymous
| I was a director at 20. You can watch my student film on Vimeo. |