I'm a ~40 staff swe, bored/burned out from ic work, don't like management (tried for a bit). I dgaf about projects anymore, I don't want to spend brain cycle solving problems continuously I don't care about. I saved good enough money, so anything paying 200k+ in hcol will work, even not initially. No visa issue I'm good with people and at coding/design but I just feel I want to try another career. Ideally something with less screen time (even if it's still in most of the job, I'm realistic), I don't mind coding a bit still. I think I should stay in tech since I've worked all my life here and I can reuse a lot of knowledge. What I thought so far: - pm, since I honestly dgaf about projects , I think I should not try stuff that involves building stuff or planning - tech sales, I think this would be most appropriate for my personality. I would love to be commission based and I don't care about being laid off. The only big downside is that I don't want to travel all the time out of state for work, too old for that. I guess It's required at some point if you start from scratch - hr, I have no clue what they do, other than announcing bad/good news. But I'd be happy to do operation/office backed work - marketing is probably a no go, lots of meetings, long hours for nothing In short, I'd like a job with more people interactions and not creating/building things (software, planning, marketing campaigns). Any advice on real day to day for those professions? Anyone who did a similar career switch? Tc 600k
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completely unrelated but u got any tips for a new grad starting out their career as a swe?
Plan your career well: Work on easy stuff with high visibility and value, learn asap to ask for more money and promo in the right way, don't stick around the second you have a better opportunity, job hop till senior swe if you get better deals, then stay 2-4 years to break the ceiling for manager/staff. Don't put your soul on a technology/project, no one cares
Tips to work on easy stuff with high visibility?
I was going to say sales but your already said that
Do you know if I can pivot directly to account executive without the cold calling Bs?
Solutions architect or solutions engineer is a pretty good role.
Why not open your own consulting company
I'm in a similar boat though I don't like people š¤£
No one does, but that's why alcohol is popular!