Comp Sci/Tech skills + Sales + Marketing = SICK skillset combination.
Even if you still wanted to be a programmer, just being able to present yourself as a profit center and negotiate a higher salary could add hundreds of thousands of dollars to your income over your lifetime. Sales/Marketing exp is invaluable there.
Why not take a sales role for a startup for 6 months? You'll learn a SHITload from calling prospects/clients, and you might be asked to wear many hats and learn a bit about several different aspects of the biz.
Door-to-door and B2C will be less applicable and (I would venture) less of a fit for someone technical. B2B tech sales is what will benefit (and I guess interest) you most.
I totally second YMG - go for a sales internship at a tech company. Established tech company or a software startup that sells B2B. Learn how to sell software, how to talk about benefits over features, how to dig into the customer's problem, how to address objections... that stuff will be so beneficial for you, whether you go a pure tech career, go further in sales, or want to start a biz.
Sales is such a powerful skill to have under your belt, that most people should probably learn some even if they are completely unsuited to it, it's so key to making an income in life that it's worth going from a 2/10 to a 5/10 in sales even if your natural strengths are entirely elsewhere. The fact that you're interested in it means you should DEFINITELY do it! IMO.
Even if you still wanted to be a programmer, just being able to present yourself as a profit center and negotiate a higher salary could add hundreds of thousands of dollars to your income over your lifetime. Sales/Marketing exp is invaluable there.
Why not take a sales role for a startup for 6 months? You'll learn a SHITload from calling prospects/clients, and you might be asked to wear many hats and learn a bit about several different aspects of the biz.
Door-to-door and B2C will be less applicable and (I would venture) less of a fit for someone technical. B2B tech sales is what will benefit (and I guess interest) you most.
I totally second YMG - go for a sales internship at a tech company. Established tech company or a software startup that sells B2B. Learn how to sell software, how to talk about benefits over features, how to dig into the customer's problem, how to address objections... that stuff will be so beneficial for you, whether you go a pure tech career, go further in sales, or want to start a biz.
Sales is such a powerful skill to have under your belt, that most people should probably learn some even if they are completely unsuited to it, it's so key to making an income in life that it's worth going from a 2/10 to a 5/10 in sales even if your natural strengths are entirely elsewhere. The fact that you're interested in it means you should DEFINITELY do it! IMO.