I'm a Senior SDR at a Top ERP company. I have been a top performer the entire time I've been here. The pipeline for promotion to AE has largely stalled out. I've been here for 3 years. Is it worth it to go to a different or and start over as an sdr at this point?
Yeah, definitely try to leverage your top-performer numbers into an AE role. Reach out, convey what you've learned, show you're eager to take the next step but not able to get the opportunity in your current org.
Started my career as an SDR at Workday and yea, lots of SR SDRs made the jump to other ERP-ish companies such as (Oracle, Paycom, Rippling, NetSuite, etc). Sometimes they came back as a MM AE, sometimes they didn.'t. 3 years as an SDR is plenty, especially if you have the quota proof that you've been doing well and are ready to make a move to start closing opps. If you stay an SDR too long, lots of folks view that as you being a "permanent" SDR ( which is NOT a bad thing if you want to be a lifer ).
Hmm - that's a tough one. If you've been a top performer, I'd certainly at least try interviewing for Junior AE roles at similar companies. If you've shown that you have what it takes to succeed as an SDR there are definitely orgs out there who would give you a shot as an AE. Depending on your relationship with your boss, you might also consider having a conversation to make it clear that you owe it to yourself to find an AE role - and that you'd prefer it be at your current org... but if there's no opportunity then you'll have to look elsewhere. A good boss will be receptive to that message and should do everything they can to help you find an opportunity.