I was making £28K a year as a trainee lawyer working in corporate law. I was then offered £55k after 8 years of working in the industry. I experienced late evenings, toxic co-workers, missing out on fun and studying on weekends only to find that there's entry level jobs in tech sales pay up to £65k with 0 experience required. After 1 year of working remotely in tech sales I'm about to be promoted and hit a 6 figure salary. Here are the 10 things I did to get promoted to a six figure salary in 1.