Hi there, Being SDE for many years, I am thinking about various options for further life. One of the options I am thinking about is to convert to SA. I know there are different SA's and I think coming to clients and build them a comprehensive architecture + prototype for their needs is what I want to do. However, I saw in Amazon SA to SDE conversion and not vuse versa. What do you think about it? What are pris and cons? How about compensation? How about opening your own company after 5-6 years in SA role?
Possible for both you can move back and forth between the 2. SA make little less but your compensation won’t drop. You get good exposure as SA and everyone wants to be your friend. What sucks are the business calls you have to do with the business people and the BS that come with it.
I find the calls, presentations, stakeholder meetings etc the easy and least stressful part of it all lol
Guys, do you think it can lead to opening a successful kind of consulting business? Or it is different?