This! Sales and solutions englineering is a ton of fun, applies both halves of your brain every day, and builds a great foundation wherever you want to go in your career. I actually went from 5 years as an engineer, to a sales engineer, in order to understand customers better. Couldnt be happier.

This. I know a ton of sales engineers who love the combination of technical discussion (even if theoretical) and human interaction. And it tends to be a profitable career path too!

Yep, it's invaluable if your sales guy actually knows a little bit about the technology, even if they can't implement much themselves.

I came here to say this. Or even vanilla Account Management for a software company (you probably don't want to be an Account Executive given anxiety).

It's a very different role, but also valuable, and having any kind or CS background may put you ahead in many companies.