What to do when the details don't interest me any more?

Question

I've spent 20 years dealing with bits and bytes, but over the last 5 I've moved into architecture but even that doesn't appeal. I find myself more interested in building companies and businesses than in building product but I don't have any experience or ideas in this area, I'm just an engineer. How do I get to that level?

Insanity · Accepted Answer

You're not "just an engineer", you're "an engineer". No point in talking yourself down.
I'm not sure how you'd go about building a company without building a product though. But perhaps if you build a product for yourself (as a side project) and learn about the ins and outs of marketing, shipping something yourself, etc.. you can eventually scale that up if it still interests you.
Unless I misunderstood and you actually want to move into managing? In which case, I'm clueless. :-)
Good luck!