I've been doing project engineering for 10 years in aerospace and I think my people skills are going to waste. Any tips on if you think sales would be a good idea and what would be a good first step for me?

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If you want to be interacting with people more aka more client facing, SE would be a good move. I would never recommend solely sales on the commercial side to anyone who’s actually technical… I’d start by looking to see if there are openings in companies in the same industry as you because it’d be harder to pivot otherwise considering your 10 YoE I can only assume it’d be harder to land a role with equal or better pay if you’re starting in a new field?

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I barely do anything technical aside from making sure I understand what is happening on my projects. I do a lot of reporting to internal and external customers and I put together proposals all the time. I was also thinking it would be great to do something that actually helps the world, like renewable energy, rather than supporting flying death machines like I do now. Thanks for your feedback!

You may have ppl skills, but can you sell value on a product?
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