Advice for someone graduating this year

Hello!

First of all, thank you for sharing so much valuable information on this platform. I am graduating this year, and while I feel like Sales could be a good fit for me, many things hold me back from making a decision. I want to share my situation with you and hope to receive some advice or thought-provoking answers. Please excuse me if my written English is not perfect. It's not my mother tongue.

Why I think Sales could be a good fit:

• I would consider interpersonal skills to be my strongest. I was always a very good presenter and had high self-confidence. People have called me charismatic in the past. I like to talk to people, especially helping them to solve problems and sharing my view on things. In my circle, I have the "trusted advisor" role. People come to me for advice on all kinds of things, business, career, and relationships.
• I want to get wealthy
• I like language - expressing myself in written form or through speaking
• AI will not automate sales
• In the past, I was able to sell myself very well (for jobs and business school)
• It's easy for me to find the right tone with different kinds of people and nudge them in specific directions
• I have always liked competition

My situation

• I will graduate this year from the best business school in Germany
• My friends go into management consulting and earn a lot of money from the start
• I have done internships mainly in startups, in Business Development and Product Management, so I have no experience in sales (only in managing salespeople when I was a founder's associate at a startup, where we had three sales guys. I was helping with GTM strategy, CRM, ... )

Concerns I have about sales

• It's not fancy (like consulting or "strategy" roles) (I know this is irrational)
• I feel like there are "better" options, like consulting and venture capital, that could pay off better in the long-run
• I feel like my degree from this top uni wouldn't have been worth it, as I could have directly gone into Sales
• I don't like "selling" someone something because I have to. I'd much rather get paid just for advice that doesn't need to end up in selling a particular product
• While I like talking to people and talking in general, I am not really sociable/outgoing. I don't like going to conferences and talking to strangers to network. I have no problem connecting with people, for example, for a User Interview, and I like doing the interview - but I feel Sales is different
• I feel insecure around these "alpha" type salespeople that are very dominant
• I wonder if Sales would eventually not be rewarding enough for me intellectually
• I feel Sales is highly dependent on the product, and I don't want to be pressured into selling something that doesn't sell

What do you think? Is Sales a good career path for me? If yes, how should I go about it?

I appreciate any help you can provide.

PS: In my concerns, I do not mean to offend anyone in sales. It is just my perception, and I hope that if any of these are incorrect, you will correct me.