I work in a freight brokerage. Been doing it for three months, on pace to make about 50k. I worked in finance before this and hated it, this is way more my speed. You get autopromoted when you hit certain benchmarks which I am on pace to do by the end of the year, which should put me in line to make 60k or so next year.
I want to get either an MBA or a procurement certification and work towards being a procurement director. That or stay here and move into management, as I really like my employer and the people there and I'm way exceeding expectations. I love negotiation(not sales, negotiation), and love tinkering with processes.
It's not perfect but it's a hell of a lot better than where I was a year ago.