I kind of agree with you guys on the Sales angle. The only reason I mention this is that I have considered it myself, because I am way more personable than the typical software guy.

In my case I am 38, and probably have another 3-4 years of enjoying coaching little league and such, and getting slightly more involved on the sell side is something I should consider. I actually worked as a consultant for Sun a few years back.

Incidentally my Bro-in-law is in town for some convention or training, and my wife spoke to him about getting into his industry, and he wondered why it took so long to ask because she’d be great. She teaches at a private school making 32K and with the difficulty of getting into public schools here, she is questioning why she isn’t going for the pot of gold. Maybe she can be the big bread winner, as I know my brother in law has done well, and got into the business at roughly the same age (38). Sure there is some international travel, but we seem to be at a point that we can handle it now, and living in such debt with 100K student loans sucks.