Ask HN: Web Developer with Sales Experience?

I was in sales from 2007 until January 2013 when I made the jump to software development. I have since been a consultant working on Rails/NodeJS/Backbone/React, and I spend a bunch of free time writing code because its so damn fun.

Curious if anyone can share their experiences of being a sales person and becoming a developer? Have you found new opportunities that weren’t available without having both skills? Have you found that you had to choose one or the other?