Buy Side Trading -> Sell Side S&T

Curious if anyone knows anyone who has gone from trading on the buyside to a sell side sales or trading role? This is obviously an atypical move but just wondering if anyone encountered this and what the motive behind it was. Was it a compensation driven move? 

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