The Middle
I spent some time in Los Angeles where I designed software and wrote technical documentation for Fortune 500 companies, high-tech start-ups, manufacturing firms and universities. The most interesting client I worked for was a film distributor that specialized in G rated children's cartoons and XXX rated porn films. They asked me to design a system to keep their inventory straight (the stories I could tell).
I got tired of spending my days with a computer screen so I took the position of Manager of Education for a software development firm. My most dubious accomplishment was teaching a room full of people how to use the software they had already paid a considerable sum of money for, but didn't exist. I decided that if I was going to intentionally mislead people for the sole purpose of getting their money, I should be well compensated for it. So I went into sales at a time when there were few sales positions available to women. The most questionable compliment I ever received was from my boss who wrote in the company newsletter when I achieved top sales honors "I hope that the rest of you will be embarrassed by the fact that you just got beat by a girl and go out there and do something about it!"