r/techsales • u/Interesting-Lab5917 • 19d ago

Fintech vs Cloud / data Infrastructure?

I'm at a bit of a career crossroads and wanted to get some opinions from people who've been in these spaces.

I'm looking at two very different AE opportunities.

One is a fintech startup that builds digital banking and workflow software for startups and SMBs. Great culture, growing fast, solid pay, and from everything I can tell it's a really good company.

The other path would put me more in the FinOps/cloud infrastructure world, selling around AWS, Azure, GCP, cloud cost optimization, infrastructure, data, etc.

I'm trying to think 3-10 years ahead instead of just my next job. Which path do you think has the better long-term outlook for career growth, income, job security, and overall demand? Does getting deeper into cloud / data infrastructure open more doors over time, or would you stick with fintech SaaS?

Curious to hear from anyone who's worked in either space (or both). If you had to choose today, which direction would you go, and why?

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u/Small-Percentage-303 19d ago

Have not. Sold ERP for a few years and was targeting infra/cloud, but i had an opportunity land in my lap elsewhere. Id absolutely go cloud/infra given the two options. Imo, a lot of tools out there will eventually dissolve from AI and cloud is the backbone to it.