You probably need to look deep down inside yourself and define what you like about your current position. If you make the transition, be ready to start near the bottom of a new career ladder. Don't be surprised when you realize how much you have to learn and how much work is ahead of you. Be assured that good salespeople work very hard learning their profession and earning their success. Selling is not a daily routine of taking customers to lunch prior to an afternoon round of golf.
Most software is sold in a very competitive marketplace.
You will be responsible for finding prospective customers, assessing their needs, and showing them how the benefits they can get from your product are worth the cost. You may be looking at overnight travel, weekends at trade shows, and endlessly working on improving your sales skills. But there are many pluses. Good salespeople truly enjoy their jobs. They thrive on the competition and often say it's not the money that drives them, it's winning.