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What happens to project managers?
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Date: January 30th, 2017 9:43 PM Author: bright area chad Do they continue to move up th chain or do they just "manage projects" for like 30 years? Jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32504277) |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 9:46 PM Author: mahogany diverse fanboi Try 15 years.
They're a dime a dozen. Most are just college grads with 60th percentile computer skills and some lingo.
The best PMs are former engineers. They have a brighter future.
The bright young things are often overstaffed to make them dispensable. |
Date: January 30th, 2017 9:44 PM Author: blue rebellious knife They become product managers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32504293) |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 9:45 PM Author: talented locus they ritually suicide selves when their project is over (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32504307) |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 10:10 PM Author: bright area chad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32504562) |
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Date: February 2nd, 2017 7:10 PM Author: zippy mildly autistic athletic conference theatre if only (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32530989) |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 9:45 PM Author: Red Fluffy Philosopher-king SOOOO many jobs I wonder this about.
For example, Account Executives. |
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Date: June 16th, 2017 6:45 PM Author: amethyst queen of the night That just means sales. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#33576159) |
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Date: June 16th, 2017 6:46 PM Author: bright area chad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#33576166) |
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Date: June 16th, 2017 6:49 PM Author: Pearl Associate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#33576189) |
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Date: June 16th, 2017 6:46 PM Author: flirting dog poop police squad They begin writing science fiction and go on to successful literary careers after being blinded by a client. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#33576163) |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 9:49 PM Author: Emerald haunting scourge upon the earth Just like any corporate ladder job really. Some of them move up and become senior program managers and shit -- basically managers of a whole series of projects that fit together. They actually seem to in general have decent exit ops because they're exposed to a lot of diff roles and shit they can BS and act like they know how to do it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32504352) |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 9:51 PM Author: wine persian tcr. Otherwise, they can leave for many consulting type roles (I've seen some specialize in six sigma type shit and pursue that). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32504374) |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 9:54 PM Author: bright area chad This is my future (non skills based)
Should I Abandon this ship |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 10:11 PM Author: at-the-ready university corn cake Usually a mommy-track job (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32504572) |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 10:13 PM Author: bright area chad Uggg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32504584) |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 11:03 PM Author: Swollen pistol Usually they're scumbags hired by tech companies because CEOs don't trust ex-engineers to manage other engineers. So they often end up having important ears in their mouths, even if they have no power and unstable status.
It's a shit job if it doesn't lead to an executive position and it has the same ageism problem: at 40, you're out. The competition that you face in order to get into real management roles is different: less intelligent than engineers, but more socially skilled. |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 11:12 PM Author: bright area chad What want to change "ears in their mouths" to "ears to their mouths" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32505280) |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 11:15 PM Author: Swollen pistol It works either way. Hard to have a tech career without being AC/DC as circumstances require. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32505311) |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 11:15 PM Author: bright area chad I didn't mean tech but thanks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32505325) |
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Date: January 31st, 2017 12:09 AM Author: Buck-toothed locale giraffe There's a project manager character in this batch of emails I'm reviewing, and all she seems to do is forward emails to people on her team with "Gentle Reminder!!!!" in the body. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32505869) |
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Date: January 31st, 2017 12:20 AM Author: awkward bat shit crazy step-uncle's house tattoo This is me. I have no real skills. I am given credit for the success of projects that I really did nothing on except tell other people to do their work on time. I have received multiple raises and promotions and am being groomed for management. The technical people who actually did the project work are twice my age and seem to get invited to far fewer happy hours with senior management than me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32505944) |
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Date: January 31st, 2017 12:23 AM Author: mauve jew doesn't sound that bad bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32505963) |
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Date: January 31st, 2017 12:24 AM Author: awkward bat shit crazy step-uncle's house tattoo Oh, I don't consider it bad. But XO certainly would. There is an obsession here with "skills", and skills might get you in the door at a new employer but don't seem to correlate much with advancement inside an employer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32505975) |
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Date: February 1st, 2017 5:44 PM Author: bright area chad How did you get a managers job then? At my firm you have to put in years as a technical analyst position to make it to manager (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32521269) |
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Date: June 16th, 2017 6:42 PM Author: bright area chad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#33576128) |
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Date: June 16th, 2017 6:47 PM Author: flirting dog poop police squad (Technical guy soon to be 49) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#33576175) |
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Date: January 31st, 2017 12:26 AM Author: appetizing cordovan casino yarmulke They're projected over the wall, their rotting corpses used to flush out the holdouts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32505993) |
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Date: January 31st, 2017 12:59 AM Author: Beady-eyed angry twinkling uncleanness Project managers never die. They live on in the project. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32506159) |
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Date: February 1st, 2017 5:43 PM Author: bright area chad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32521262) |
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Date: February 2nd, 2017 7:07 PM Author: bright area chad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32530960) |
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Date: February 2nd, 2017 7:16 PM Author: Razzmatazz Dilemma Electric Furnace I'm pretty much a project manager / product manager though it's kind of a hybrid role with some other more interesting shit.
My boss's boss is the Chief Marketing Officer and that's the office I'm gunning to end up in 10-15 years from now (at this company or a different one). The path there is clear enough, I think. |
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Date: February 6th, 2017 3:43 PM Author: bright area chad you do marketing? lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#32559505) |
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Date: June 16th, 2017 6:44 PM Author: passionate insanely creepy hospital Become really really anal retentive people that no one likes and keeps harping. On the same things over and over (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#33576151) |
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Date: June 16th, 2017 6:45 PM Author: bright area chad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#33576156) |
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Date: June 16th, 2017 6:49 PM Author: maroon space masturbator Actually pretty CR career. Not sure about job security though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#33576187) |
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Date: June 16th, 2017 7:01 PM Author: Aquamarine hominid they get projectile vomited out of the workforce by age 32 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#33576279) |
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Date: June 16th, 2017 7:03 PM Author: bright area chad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#33576293) |
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Date: October 23rd, 2017 2:21 PM Author: out-of-control heady son of senegal set (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#34509946) |