OP does state "I do not want to manage people" which might go against the "you just have to be comfortable with babbling on meetings/calls for the majority of t

OP does state "I do not want to manage people" which might go against the "you just have to be comfortable with babbling on meetings/calls for the majority of the day". And being in meetings/calls can be a very taxing job. Talking is exhausting from my experience at a call centre.