This is fantastic advice. I went software engineer -> sales engineer -> software engineer without any issue career wise. Seeing the sales side of business gave

This is fantastic advice. I went software engineer -> sales engineer -> software engineer without any issue career wise. Seeing the sales side of business gave me a very valuable understanding of how businesses work, which in turn has made it 10x easier to be a consultant for companies. It makes it much easier to talk to company owners who want to hear about the value I offer them and their business as opposed to babbling on about whatever cool technology I think I'm hot shit in.