Successful Operator transition to Vendor Technical Advisor/ Account Manager experiences?
For those of you who have moved from being a facility operator into a Technical Advisor or Technical Account Manager role for a vendor in the industry, do you like the change and prefer it?
I’m curious about that transition as someone currently running a few facilities. Whenever vendors come onsite, a lot of them seem relieved they’re no longer dealing with the day to day operational side of this anymore. From my experience, many of the best advisors I’ve met were previously good operators who transitioned into that role after being poached by the vendor.
I’d be interested to hear from people who have actually made the switch. Do you prefer being on the vendor/advisory side, or are you mostly waiting for the right opportunity to jump back into facility/farm operations again?
If you don’t mind sharing, what were the biggest pros and cons of making the move?