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What happens to project managers?
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Date: January 30th, 2017 9:43 PM Author: Hairraiser Karate 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: brilliant stubborn coffee pot hospital 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: Amethyst Low-t Chad 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: Dark prole 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: Hairraiser Karate (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: internet-worthy alpha home 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: Slippery dull wrinkle twinkling uncleanness SOOOO many jobs I wonder this about.
For example, Account Executives. |
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Date: June 16th, 2017 6:45 PM Author: abnormal hairy legs 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: Hairraiser Karate (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 principal's office milk (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: Obsidian insane patrolman ladyboy 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: odious drab indian lodge 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: Cobalt Theater 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: Hairraiser Karate This is my future (non skills based)
Should I Abandon this ship |
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Date: January 30th, 2017 10:11 PM Author: Shaky electric bbw library 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: Hairraiser Karate 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: Bateful incel jewess 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: Hairraiser Karate 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: Bateful incel jewess 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: Hairraiser Karate 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: submissive aphrodisiac orchestra pit candlestick maker 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: stirring angry idea he suggested therapy 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: Irradiated theatre 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: stirring angry idea he suggested therapy 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: Hairraiser Karate 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: Hairraiser Karate (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: Obsidian insane patrolman ladyboy (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: Onyx Useless Rigor Field 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: plum public bath hunting ground 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: Hairraiser Karate (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: Hairraiser Karate (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: glittery cruise ship rigpig 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: Hairraiser Karate 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: balding halford locale 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: Hairraiser Karate (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: Honey-headed Base 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: Navy Multi-colored Messiness Stage 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: Hairraiser Karate (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: Diverse Hell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3509861&forum_id=2#34509946) |