Hi Harrow,

I was in a similar state like you when I was 30, lost, confused and in between seeminging "wrong" choices in career. It doesnt help that I was also idealistic and someone with entirely different value system compared to many Singaporeans who frankly speaking (from the above replies) are the typical Philistines because we tend to seek out meanings and purposes in life than exercise pragmatism (MBTI I was tested for INFJ). I found that the true purpose/calling in my career is to "value add" others with information and knowledge.

One way out (to reconcile your strong communication skills with commercial purposes) is to become some kind of a consultant. The easiest way to achieve that is to become a business development executive, or a product marketing executive. You educate the customers/key opinion leaders, and indirectly closing sales to earn commissions in the process. I had went from technical job, to teaching job, and sometime around 30 years of age when I lost almost everything (jobs, girlfriend), I went into doing product specialist job, and now I am a regional marketing manager. It took me about 3-5 years to reach there.

Food for thoughts, with many permutations!