career / tactical advice needed

[lynchpatrickj]

Me: 30 years old, with a late-earned liberal arts degree behind me, and having a fairly late start in the grown-up work world. I've spent the past 5 years working as a sysadmin and solution engineer, and don't see any prospect of advancement at my current job. My IT related skillset is fairly weak compared to the market, and as a result, I've noticed that generally only crappy or small-time firms will consider my resume - though I generally get offers once we do meet.

I'm not thrilled about spending the next decade working at the bottom-middle of IT, but I'm not sure what to transition to, or how to pull it off - project management, business analysis, sales engineering, and straight-up sales all have an appeal to me.

I suspect some of you gentlemen have trod this path already - care to share your story?

 

[Lord-Barrington]

If you feel that sales would appeal to you, and that you would be good at it, that might be worth looking into. Sales is usually pretty straightforward and the barriers to entry are often low because the turnover is high.

IT sales (software or hardware) might be a good place to look if you have a background in IT. Try to look for companies with strong growth potential in front of them and see if you can get on as a sales rep.