This is the only job worth doing in 2025

Here's something that blew my mind when I lived in New York City: almost everyone I met hated their job but stayed for the money. We're all basically stuck in this system where we need the paycheck to survive.

High-level people in operations, education, HR, and every department. Every single one of them dreams of "starting their own thing" and leaving corporate America.

This is probably a dream you have too or at least had at one point.

Jobs are generally comfortable. You show up, work hard, and get paid. But it's kind of just a road with no end.

While most people I know who are exhausted from their jobs and want out are making well over $200k, they are basically trapped.

When you leave your job, you essentially take nothing with you. The paycheck stops, and that's it.

The only things you actually take with you are the connections you made and the skills you developed.

What we get while at our jobs is just meant to keep us coming back on Monday. We should focus on what we actually keep if we don't show up on Monday.

That's all that really matters. If you have a job and financially invest your money well, pay off a house and car, and maintain healthy savings, these things come with you when you walk away from your job.

The problem is that most people have huge mortgages (here in NYC, insane monthly rents), car payments, and live paycheck to paycheck if they're lucky and don't go into debt. So if they leave their job, they basically get to keep none of their lifestyle.

The only real things you get to keep are your connections and the skills you learned on the job.

Why sales is the best job in 2025

When looking for a job, if you have any people skills at all, you should pursue sales. And here's why this matters more than any other career choice you could make.

Sales jobs have you constantly meeting lots of people external to your company. Even within your company, you're generally the "all-star" treated well, taken to president's clubs, and congratulated internally for your successes far more than any other position.

The number of people you meet is unmatched by any other position. You take all these connections with you.

That client you have a good relationship with can bring you into their organization or join you in a new startup you're founding together.

If the goal is to build your network as fast as possible, which it should be, then get into sales as soon as you can.

How to skills improve you

The next thing you get to keep if you don't show up to work next Monday is the skills you learned on the job.

The number one skill you can learn to succeed in life is knowing how to sell.

How to sell your ideas, how to sell yourself in a job interview, how to negotiate, how to help people solve their problems and charge them for it.

You also get the added benefit of learning how to accept rejection and keep going, and how to communicate effectively.

You learn all these things in a sales job, and it really doesn't matter much which one you start with.

The higher-ticket sales job you can find, the better. With larger sales comes more pressure (and yes, more money, but we're not focused on money right now since that stops the day you leave the job). More pressure means you have to spend late nights preparing, and failures and rejections sting much harder. This is how you develop real resilience. It's a feedback loop.

People who are good at sales end up getting bigger deals and bigger clients, making them even better at sales.

Make your job actually valuable

While you're already going to be working, don't just do it for a paycheck. The biggest benefit you get from any job is the self-development and positioning yourself better for the next opportunity.

I would argue there's no better development than learning sales.

If you ever take a risk and start your own endeavor, you'll need to sell to customers, to investors, and ultimately to other people to convince them to take a risk and join your growth journey, leaving behind their own stable jobs.

Yes, sales can be tough. The rejection hurts, especially in the beginning. The pressure is real. But that's exactly what makes it so valuable for your development.

If you choose to stay at a company and enjoy that stable lifestyle, sales is still hugely beneficial. The personal development, networking, and skills you learn can leverage you to keep climbing to higher and higher ticket items.

Eventually, you'll end up selling very high-ticket items with long sales cycles, meaning longer periods of downtime. This is time you can spend with your family or enjoying your hobbies.

The added benefit is that you'll have money to actually enjoy life while you're at it.

The Financial Upsides

Sales is generally one of the highest-paying careers out there. You can start fresh out of college with a random, weak degree and earn $100,000 within 1-2 years doing a tech sales job. The typical path is BDR to Account Manager.

You'll hit $200,000+ within 3-4 years if you actually apply yourself. I've seen this happen over and over again.

There are very few careers that can offer this kind of trajectory.

So whether you stay in corporate or pursue your own entrepreneurial path (which, let's face it, unless we're born wealthy, we need some income to build a business), your best bet is very likely getting a sales job and working at it.

Getting started in Sales

Look for these things when job hunting: companies with good training programs, and higher ticket items (software, real estate, medical devices). Avoid pure cold calling roles if possible. Look for inbound leads or warm referrals.

The best sales jobs often don't even have "sales" in the title. They're called Account Manager, Business Development, Client Success, or Revenue Operations.

What if sales isn’t for you?

There are notable alternatives: learning to write code for AI (if you're very intelligent and can handle the constant learning), learning how to launch and lead true marketing campaigns (if you have access to this type of position), or becoming a specialized doctor (if you can rewind time 10 years).