Well, I wouldn't say there are completely no push factors... the product I am supporting has been around for a while and probably only have another couple of years shelf life, after which if I want to stay in presales I'd either have to switch companies or find another product/team. Such is the life of IT... the speed of innovation is so fast that you snooze you lose... mobile, big data, and now cloud... dunno what's next.
My thinking is that a stint at end user will help me garner some industry experience, which could help me in the longer term? But then I might be potentially taking a pay cut for the current opportunity... the company sounds stable enough, but you never really know. Another wrinkle is that I have only been with my current firm for about 1 year, so the short stint might also be seen as an issue for future employers...
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