Long term OE plans

I have a seen several posts recently about folks that are going to stop OE. I understand first hand OE is challenging but what isn’t challenging in life that also provides the greatest rewards.

The last year and a half has been the first time in my life that I feel like I am truly getting ahead. Prior to OE, I was constantly angry about the lack of opportunities at growth within company’s, having to patient in the rat race to move up and overall just not making the amount of money I envisioned for myself.

As with any job, there has been times during the last 1.5 years where I have gotten worn down but ultimately if making a lot of money is your goal, OE is something you may need to do the reminder of your career if possible. I understand it won’t be easy maintaining this for the next 10-15 years for myself, but I am going to try to do it unless the day comes where I do get lucky and attain director level at a large public company. I am not going to plan my future though on the decisions of my superiors. I am going to assume I am going to get stuck at senior manager like most folks do at large company’s. As a result, I will want to OE the rest of my career so that I am making director + type money.

I did get good advice recently from OEers about taken care of your health. I have been going to the gym on the weekends and mostly have cut out alcohol entirely. That has helped my energy levels during the week.

I don’t ever want to go backwards in terms of total compensation so for me I plan to OE the remainder of my career unless I were to get extremely lucky which I am not going to bank on.