AE to CRO: The Career Architecture

A senior AE weighs the three visible paths to the CRO seat — AE Manager, RevOps detour, Partnerships — plus the option to stay IC. Over four rounds the learner reverse-engineers the CRO competency stack, maps skill compounding across paths, audits work-texture energy honestly, and rehearses the CRO conversation. Trains the habit of negotiating the role, not just the title.