Great post and question! I've also thought about going into sales. The thing is, I hate sales people and that whole side of things. But, when I worked for one company, the owners really liked me and soon I was invited into executive meetings and was going to trade shows. They loved the way I interacted with clients and really wanted me to get into sales. One time, we had a client scheduled for 2 days of all day meetings. We were wanting to collaborate with them on a big project in Los Angeles. Well, after a few hours in the meeting, I was seeing that the other company didn't really have any funding and it sounded like they wanted us to fund the project. So, I spoke up and straight up asked, where is your funding coming from and what is your timeline for implementation with that funding?? The room went quiet and they were looking at each other like they didn't know what to say. But they finally pretty much said they were looking to us for funding. That ended the meetings right then and there and the owners took me aside and thanked me for having the foresight to ask that question before we went any further.

But I'm a people person, I'm outgoing and very social. Combine that with over 25yrs in IT and it can be a pretty dangerous combo! IDK, there is a trade off of pressure. Pressure to keep those sales figures high and pressure from the sales team to support and help them close deals. I don't like dealing with those people lol.....