I studied multimedia computing at university and every job I went for, I was recommended I go into sales rather than tech (web programming, FAE and others). So, I worked as an account manager at a well known hardware manufacturer for a couple of years, then went to a full on sales job at an online media company.

Anout 13 years ago, I moved into a sister company at an affiliate network - and then, whilst managing clients and a team, I also get involved with project planning, coming up with new features and working with our Indian tech team.

Software engineers get paid more if you work at Google etc, but I’ve done well imho - and I really enjoy what I do, being highly technical and commercially focused is a very good skill mix.

If you do go this route - I recommend signing up to Toastmasters, as it’ll give you skills to speak with people.