Switching From Sales to SE
For context, I have been in technology sales (Networking and security equipment and services) as an AE for the past 5 years at a couple different companies. I became frustrated with a lot of aspects of the role, ridiculous quotas, optics, etc, but mostly desired to learn more about the technology I was selling and wanted to build hard skills related to networking technology. I was tired of not understanding the technology deeper and not being able to have intelligent conversations with my customers. I have recently passed CompTIA A + and Net+ and my thought process is to work in a traditional IT role for a year or two to allow me to build the technical knowledge I would need to become an SE. In your opinion is this the best track? I enjoy a lot of aspects of sales but also want to broaden my technical knowledge and I think SE would be a great way to combine my talents. Open to answer any questions.