Senior at a Large Big 10 school in the Midwest (still distraught about the Gopher/Badger by the way lol). I have spent the past 3 years interning as an account manager (2 years at a staffing firm + one year at a large tech company. Enjoy sales and have an account management role at a shop I like and can see myself growing at (Being broad on purpose don't want to dox myself). Where the problem is that as I am moving closer and closer to graduation I have discovered that I really am passionate about strategy, business analytics (primarily customer, marketing, and sales analytics) and data visualization (I like to make visualizations on world data on my free time).
So now I am at a dilemma: I love speaking with clients, I love the "customer first mentality" and have been hooked about the idea of OTE and Quota (I create value, and I get rewarded for that value directly) but I also love the mental stimulation of those interests above. In an ideal world, I could do the selling as well as visualize how this solution could benefit a certain company. (I just don't think this role exists other than going into Management Consulting, which I have no interest in because of the limited exposure to the selling cycle).
With this in mind, I hope to move into Sales Management to at least get a flavor of these interests above as well as an additional factor of me enjoying being a teacher. Is there some roles/industries that you think I should look at that may scratch that itch? What about some mid/late level career roles I could pivot into?
(TLDR: Account Manager looking for a way to stay involved business analytics/visualization)
*Wrote this up while taking a break during finals, forgive any spelling errors or if it sounds like I was rambling!*
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