<p>A good sales engineer can earn more money several years into the job than most engineers make at any time in their career! It’s a great job if you can understand more complicated products/concepts and also enjoy the human interaction and are competitive by nature. A typical path to sales engineer is to become an application engineer (more like internal sales with some direct support at customers’ locations) for a few year first, however not all go that route. </p>
<p>I know the BioMechanical Engineering sales field is tremendous, not sure about environmental - it could also be, I just don’t know. Also, many business owners started their career in sales. An MBA might be helpful, but the truth is, if you can sell successfully and stay connected you can write your own ticket. It’s NOT easy, but can be a great job/career. No punching a clock, work hard but some flexibility in schedule, trips, new projects all the time, new people to see. Someone who fears rejection can’t sell, but it sounds like that’s not you so i say go for it. </p>
<p>Do you have to decide now? Of course not… but do some more research into the fields that interest you and take your time deciding. As was said, most companies hiring for sales engineering positions really want any engineer that can sell. Some need a specific type, maybe the biomechanical type of products, but many do not.</p>