Folks, need some expert advice based on experience.

I have been a software developer for about 7 years but I absolutely hate it.It doesn’t suit my personality.

I was lucky to pivot away from it due to a good manager who helped me build experience in client facing innovation consulting roles + BD activities.

Unfortunately the old boss left and I didn’t get along with the new boss and I had to leave the business.
Now having difficult time landing a role in consulting or BD due to the market.

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You can try solutions consultant, pre sales consultant or something along those lines. You still have to do coding work, but you will be aligned to sales org and can move on when something opens up

With that said, at this point, you should take what you can get. Apply to both types of roles and start with what you get. And keep looking while you get your financial situation in order

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My career, all software, from programming to system design combined with management consulting. Software can solve a lot of problems and plenty of companies are sick of pontificating MCs. When I was doing all scientific apps, I hated it. I hated mainframes, later minis. With the advent of PCs everything took off for me and the scope of my projects expanded to infinite possibilities. Whether or not you realize it, you have spent a lot of time, solving problems for other people, making other people’s jobs easier/better. In the software business there's a lot of writing — developers HATE to document stuff. There’s also a lot of test, quality control, configuration management and version control. What you have all over your garden variety MBA is technical knowledge and deep understanding of logic. You can transition to something more rewarding, by leveraging what you already know, to work into a problem solving business analyst. If your current company doesn’t have the breadth to offer such a thing, find a larger company with more diverse and complete opportunities. I’ve been with majors in the TV and movie industries, to water companies, to defense, to retirement benefits… everywhere. Everybody needs solutions. You can give it to them.

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Have you ever heard "Any port in a storm"?

Any job is better than no job. I was laid off once and took a more junior developer role that paid $35k less than my prior role just to have income to pay my rent, food, and utilities.
Once employed, I was able to be more selective about roles I interviewed for and ultimately landed $50k increase ($15k over the job I was laid off from).

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And I am only getting opportunities in software developer roles due to length of experience I have.

I wonder if I go back I’ll dread it again and will have even more difficult time landing a role I want.

Also it has been six months and I have run out of funds to pay rent and survive and have to do something.

Any advice from this bowl is much appreciated

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