Has anyone taken a leap of faith and gone from more internal/non/client facing role to an extremely client facing role like solutions consultant or customer success manager? I am likely to have offers soon for one of these roles. I know I can do it, but my most recent role was a much more internal facing management consulting type of role. How was the adjustment to a much more client facing role?

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For me, it took time to get adjusted to talking to clients: answering ambiguous qs, knowing when to ask my own qs, etc.

Glad i made the switch!

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