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Some people mentioned to me that going Solutions Engineer was a good way to get more non-technical/business skills.

I saw a few SEs starting their own companies later, seemingly because their SE roles "trained" them for the business side of things.

I considered doing this myself; however, I'm a freelance software engineer and technical writer. More a jack of all trades than someone with major skills in one category of software engineering.

[Nextgrid]

A jack of all trades is preferable as a solutions engineer.