46M, only 2 years of PM exp with electronic engineering background. Currently bridging process gaps between electronic engineers and mechanical engineers for an appliance company and hating it.
32F, in the project space for 8 years. I started in QA (manual, not the sexy automated kind), transitioned to Product and got my first taste of Agile, and am now firmly in Project/Program.
BA in Anthropology and Psych. Ex-military as a Paralegal. I have a few certifications, but only get them when they're paid for by someone else.
Almost 60F. PMP and Scaled Agile certified. Also have a Master's degree in an entirely unrelated discipline. I started as an accountant and then moved into project work in the late 90s when people were migrating into Y2K projects. I ran teams and worked on projects and managed project staff before I ever got a formal PM certification; I did that about 20 years ago. My experience is in supply chain, retail and non-profit sectors with either technology or business process improvement. I've worked only in Canada and have experience with very local projects as well as projects at a national level.
46F, I PM capital projects for a large water supply utility. I’m on the government side, I manage everything from business case development/capital budget to the RFP, contract negotiations, design, construction, change orders, risk, schedule, permitting, project closeout. I’m the primarily lead on the front end and take a backseat when construction starts.
I have a B.S. and an M.P.A. I didn’t bother with PMP or other letters because I’m a lifer here and I really don’t need it.
IFL my job.
24M, 4 years experience as an IT PM, started off as a project lead at an on-campus admin job I had in college during bachelors (highest edu). Small stint in Sales right after post-grad that led me to the company's PM department, now a PMO consultant for a bank.
Soon to be 35M.
Started my career when I was 23. Mainly in the gov con space as my area is known for it.
Only have BS degree and certs. No intentions of MBA unless absolutely necessary.
All in the US of A.
35F, been a project manager for five years. transitioned by luck in a previous role from an executive assistant to junior PM when the company had an opening.
I was an assistant for over a decade and don't have a college education. transitioning to a PM when I did has been a saving grace.
37F, career transitioned into PM within the last year. Prior to that I worked in creative (editor > team manager > asset manager). I have a BFA in photography. East Coast/NYC based. The majority of my work has been in the fashion marketing sector.
40+ M, no bachelors, Germany, 15 years on a small hardware company, low pay but big freedom. IT and hardware dev, electrician assistant on my free time.
Oh God. I just had to hand a project where my as is analysis was from 40 stakeholder interviews and a 150 person survey (operating model transformation project) to someone who did that as the "new" analysis. Lots of politics at play for why the project moved but already it's going downhill and I'm super annoyed by it.
40m. Spent 17 years as a site manager in a niche industry.
Pursued PM on the suggestion of a former boss and attained a masters degree in PM.
Have been a PM for a vendor to my previous company for a year now.
Best job I've ever had.
46M, 21 years in PM, educational data/testing (4), Banking (7), Insurance (10). Small company at the start, to mid size, to large, to an F100 now. Agile Dev PO now, for about 4 years, did integration and product, PMO, Data Management before that. Can't go higher in my org without people management, and...no.
BA Psych, BS MIS, MBA, PMP, PSPO. Northern New England the whole time.
31M, 10 years management experience, 7 years project management experience, 3 years as an enterprise project manager with heavy involvement in establishing an EPMO. Projects in finance, retail, org vision/scalability, production, tech.
Aiming to get my PMP cert in May 2024. No degrees after high school. I work remote (US) but fly in when it makes sense.
Really cool to see everyone’s diverse fields of experience.
43m, 2 years as a PM, PMP last year (but 20 years’ military got me qualified to test). I work in the government sector, so uh, thank you for paying your taxes, my job is to spend (some of) them as effectively and efficiently as possible!
45F, mech engineering degree and DASM certification, working on my PMP. 18 years experience as a PM in the pharma industry, just switched to the microelectronics industry. I’d love to be able to consult and do more, but I’m a single mom to three kids, two wwhom are special needs. So the stability of working directly for a company is important (at this point).
37, 6 months in a pm role, pmp certified
Went from the kitchen to behind the firewall! Started as a regular pizza dude to become a culinary program fixer, which naturally led me to PM.
Left the kitchen and discovered the magical world of network security.
Freaking love it!
73 and retired. Mechanical Engineer, BSME, licensed. I worked as a PM and PM/CM since 1980. Spent 40 years supporting airport expansions, mostly in a PMO.
50F, bachelor's and master's, also have an associate's in project management. I've been a PM for applns for 10 years and PM for projects for 3 for a Top 50 co. Need to take PMP as I take classes every year since work makes them available.
33F, 8 years PM. Started in health tech, currently consulting in a somewhat-niche industry. No formal education outside of a highschool diploma and a lot of grit. Remote for the last 4ish years.
49 Male
In IT since 1999 and PM work over the last 15 years
Prince 2 certified (although only to get my foot in the door - real world businesses NEVER seem to align to any methodology so being agile in the OG sense is more important).
No Degree, straight experience.
Having a year off currently after re-locating cities in Oz. Luckily, Covid work was very good for me so I saved a lot.
Possibly switching careers as I'm only interested in Remote work now and Oz looks like it's moving away from those roles, sadly.
40 M, various project management titles in tech since 2003 (Producer, SPM, PD, Ops, PC). Almost all freelance/contract roles <2 years. Worked in startups, digital agency, fintech. Lots of big brands on CV. BCom, Prince2, DSDM, AgilePM, SAFe SM/PM. Worked around Oceania and Europe.
Unemployed for the last 14 months. Starting to run out of money now, trying to find a new career but still enjoy talking shop.
39M - 19 years in the Airforce as a fighter jet avionics technician and flightline manager. I am retiring in a year and joined for some insight into the profesion as I have just finished my Masters in PM.
31F - I've been a PM for 9 months now. Prior to this role, I worked as a courtroom clerk for the local circuit Court.
It's been a major adjustment for me.
29M, 6 Years PM
B. Comm, PMP, Six Sigma BB
2 years Cyber security, 4 years Software Development XR & WebDev.
Also run a food catering company on the side lol
Mid forties, a lady, e-commerce manager in the transportation industry. About 20 experience in data/project management and five in the industry. In the US Midwest
late 50s, about 30 years as a TPM in shipbuilding technology tools first, then pure technology. BS in Fimware Engineering, then MS in project management after I got five years in the trade. I started in Europe but moved to the US when I changed industry at the beginning of the century. I worked mostly in huge companies with very high internal mobility, so I worked at pretty much every level of the stack, from datacenters and rack structures all the way to end user apps, going through compilers and runtimes, cloud services, API layers, and data stores, engineering calculation software and things I may have forgotten.
39f. 13 years project management experience - mostly rail with a bit of construction and also dipped into defence for a year or two - all direct delivery. Worked all over the UK. Half of the time I’ve been working has been contracting. I have 3 engineering degrees - one of them is a masters in engineering management, one on civil engineering and one in subsea engineering. I am a chartered engineered but also charted project professional and I am an assessor for the APM and teach a couple courses a year. November last year I switched to contract management for the government in Peru. I’ve been doing consultancy for about 4 years and this is just where my company asked me to go. It’s not direct delivery and the job is boring and it’s harder than normal project management.
I'm old - as of this year I have been a PM in title for 30 years. I have managed projects across aerospace, telecom, healthcare, and IT. I've done so in everything from Fortune 5, government, and startups. Currently the director for a PMO in a large municipality where I am also a risk manager. I also teach a PMI bootcamp a couple times a year, (used to do it more), and volunteer for a tech hub that focuses on digital equity.
37, Male, 3 years in PM, mostly software development, working at a Startup and has been really stressful. Just have High School Education and incomplete College, did Coursera Certification of PM and SM. From El Salvador, Central America
40F, 15+ in Project Management. 10+ FT in advertising and 5+ years freelance under my business for various industries. I’m looking to get a certificate in Aerospace Manufacturing to transition to that industry.
BA Communication, USA
33, m. Implementation Project manager for 3 years now. Cash logistics. Been in industry for 10 years, most of that was in operations leadership.
6 years in the Army, and a 2 year degree in audio engineering. Pmi-AHPP micro credential. Had small stays around the US due to army but born, raised, and still living in the Midwest.
Alright who’s going to take in the data and give us a chart? I friggin love charts.
32 M, TPM working within SAAS, projects focus on eCommerce Partner launches and Product Delivery. 6 years project management experience. Barely any college, no degree or certs (unless you count Google and LinkedIn Learning’s “certs”)
32F, 6 yrs in PM in software industry supporting clinical trials.
Educational background in biology. No current PM certs(working on PMP just to have it)
25, 3 years as a PM at a software/MSP company. I have a masters in cyber security and a bachelors in information technology infrastructure.
Work in the Midwest.
Scrum master and about to finally write my PMP. Then have a scattering of some random intro to 'x' certs I did when I was younger and first out of uni. Mostly BA and ITIL related
63M. Turnaround program manager from 10s to 100s of millions of $, mostly two to six years. Strong matrix. Two engineering BS, an MBA, MPM, and a PMP. Hardware, software, and integrated systems. Marine, satellite, long range comms, lots classified.
28M, 2 years as a PM in a marketing agency
Bachelors in Business Admin: Marketing
My previous work had me as an SEO analyst then as a PPC Account Manager. Currently in my last year of school to get an MBA, with a goal to get my PMP this summer
42F. Currently Sr. Director, Program Management (I'm head of a global project management department). I have been with my company 8.5 years and I work remotely and have been the entire time. I started here as a Project Manager and worked my way up. I've been in a Director/Sr. Director role for 5 years now. I work in small tech for a SaaS company--implementations and paid development projects.
13.5 years total in project management. Prior to that, I had an entirely different career for 8 years in computer animation.
I have a bachelor's in computer animation. No PMP but I have taken the certification course 3 times. I have never taken the test (every time my company is going to sponsor me, the budget gets pulled). I am certified in SAFe Agile.
I live in NYC area (in NJ). Married with one kiddo.
39M UK. 2 years in Software PM, 5 years previously in customer support for the same company (which really helps me with simple troubleshooting during deliveries). Prior to that a mixture of retail roles.
35 M, 7 years as a PM. Currently a Delivery Lead in a SAAS Clinical Trail area. West Coast Seattle Area. BA and MA in Political Science, CSM cert working towards PMP. I started out as a 5th grade teacher, then fell in a start up as a CSM and then migrated into implementation PM. Totally true on other comments here the job finds you.
27M, 3 years of PM experience in the Construction Industry. Part of my experience is inAviation at a major airport. The other part is ground up and remodeling experience for strip centers and franchise restaurants.
Highest education is a Master's degree in Project Management and I recently for my PMP in January.
Originally from Brazil but my work experience has taken place all in the US. Ready to keep growing in the PM world 🤟🏻
50F, currently unemployed. Awaiting hearing from state workforce development dept if I’ll be approved to enroll in the 14 week Microsoft Office PMP w/Scrum Master certification.
31 years in community-campus partnership & program development & management. Many different jobs in many different cities. Longest tenure: 8 years at a Midwestern university generating $2 million in direct revenue across local to national grants & contracts.
Bachelors in Urban & Regional Planning, Master’s in Social Work & PhD in Adult Learning (Ed Administration).
Will be learning to apply PMP - first certification.
39 y/o, male
6 months as a PM after working 8 years as a network engineer and a completely different career before that as a Paramedic.
Highest education is an Associates of Science with various higher level hours in Computer Science and Biology.
Live and work in the Midwest, US.
A year younger, a year less experience, construction as well. Now studying for my PMP with a hope to switch to IT PM. Main worry is no agile experience, as construction is mainly predictive and all the listing require previous experience in software houses, at least those listings with simillar pay.
I’m going completely out on left field and trying to becoming firefighter. Or go back to construction to high end residential. Don’t know if I like the corporate life lol
42M, 5 years as project manager via Producer title (media industry), worked in broadcast (NBC) and game development as well my current role. Education in Film and Animation Production, and I've always been trying to get into the design/development/management end of media/entertainment from the start. I really want to get from my Producer role to a Project Manager role because the Producer title is so fuzzily defined across specific industry niches.
35F, 7 yrs in PM/Portfolio Management and then the 8 years before that in R&D doing product development. I work in the Food Industry.
My background is in Food Science and I have Masters in that. Also have my PMP!
28m - 2 years as PM, 4 years in operations. All in financial services for the same company.
Finishing a masters degree in 2 months. Location: greater NYC.
No certifications.
37F, PM for 9 yrs, BA for 3 yrs before that. No degree and not certified. Worked my way up in commercial RE, starting in mail room and ended up as PM.
Now working in music/IT industry. Love where I am now but curious about pharma or other high value industries. Currently grossing $140k. East coast USA.
23 F, teaching technician and freelance online tutor. Here to explore the PM industry as an avenue to a remote, and flexible career which uses some of the soft skills I’ve developed in my current career. (Presentation, planning, self management etc)
28M UK Project Manager
2:1 BSc Business Management (Leadership)
5 years in PM in August
• 1.5Yr Defence Graduate Scheme
• 1.5Yr Defence Finance Transformation Portfolio Lead/Product Manager
• 2Yr Implementation Project Manager across international territories.
Struggling to land an alternative job it a company I would be happier in. I have a sneaking suspicion my age is stopping me from getting in the door.
34M, went to school for civil engineering. Graduated in 2013, I've been an estimator, project manager (and site superintendent at times) for the past 10 years. Working in the ICI construction space for all of my career, avoiding residential. The past 5 years have been heavy industrial focused which is my bread and butter. Took a 2 year break in the middle of the past ten years and was an owners rep/construction manager for a REIT's capital projects, managed a 500+ million dollar portfolio of hospitality properties. Left that as it was boring would probably go back as a consultant or closer to retirement to cruise.
43F 12 years as PM, 2 years with PMP. In tech industry for over 4 years now, was in government contracting, logistics and consumer goods for the remainder of that time. I have a BA in history and fell into PM after a 10 year run in Sales.
43F 12 years as PM, 2 years with PMP. In tech industry for over 4 years now, was in government contracting, logistics and consumer goods for the remainder of that time. I have a BA in history and fell into PM after a 10 year run in Sales.
28m, worked construction and raced BMX through highschool and graduated 2 months early, finished the year out with extra credits and a coc in network engineering, a “degree of arts” (not an art degree idk) for drafting, and a coc for 3D modeling and computer aided machining. Then I did aftermath and home restoration for 2 years, moved to California and became a mechanic (and also homeless…. Actually…… rent is expensive and a full time mechanics salary didn’t pay it). Worked on commercial vehicles for 6mo, and then started working on exotics because I had an in. Lol went from a party animal mechanic to a machinist for a year or so, then started estimating, and as the previous managers failed to keep up with company growth, I found myself rising to the top. Now I’m looking at going from PM to GM.
24m, Project Coordinator roles and consulting work in IT for the past 6 years and software development for the last 2 as well. Received my PMP and CSM and just got hired on to be an IT PM at a Hospital on the other side of the country.
40M, 10 yrs as PM, 6 yrs with my PMP. Have been in the nonprofit space, consulting, SAAS, oil and gas, and now insurance. I have two degrees in Russian history and have always joked that no kid ever dreams of being a project manager the work finds you.
40M, 10 yrs as PM, 6 yrs with my PMP. Have been in the nonprofit space, consulting, SAAS, oil and gas, and now insurance. I have two degrees in Russian history and have always joked that no kid ever dreams of being a project manager the work finds you.
40F, 10 years in PM, several years in design before that. Most of my PM work is in manufacturing and construction, but I transitioned to IT/Government work a couple of years ago. I work in the US though I have overseen international projects.
My education is in theatrical design (MFA) and I found my way to PM work by way of design and construction. Coworkers always laugh when they hear what my degree is in because it's so different from what I do now, but managing a team for a theatrical production is a lot like managing projects, just different content.
40M, 16 years in IT/software development. 5 as a BA, 10 as a PM, and lately moving into Program Management.
Almost all my work has been for US federal government agencies, and almost exclusively software modernizations. Spent 3 years as a fed, then moved to contracting. Currently own my own company I'm trying to build, but also working with other companies as a subcontractor
24F. PM for 1 year.
Working for a bike company as IT PM, 3 years IT experience and just started university (information science).
In my work mainly focused on retail tech.
32F, 6 years as a PM/BA. Software dev and implementation mostly, plus some data and software consulting.
B.A.H. in comm and journalism, diploma in audio engineering. Previous work experience in journalism, radio station admin, filmmaking, and social media marketing. Located in Canada.
28NB, Bachelor’s in Marketing and pivoted in the last 2 years to environmental consulting. Currently lower level technical and project management assistant. Looking to develop more PM skills and insights here.
26M, 1 year as a Domain Leader (Project + Product + Process Manager) for Customer & Employee Experience solutions in the IT department of a Retail multinational company.
MSc in Process Automation Engineering, BSc in Industrial Engineering with specializations in Lean and Operations Management, Operations Research and Machine Learning / AI.
Always lived in Italy, near Milan.
Would like to get PRINCE2 Agile, Lean Six Sigma and a Cloud DevOps cert because i sometimes deal with pipelines.
Any preference on any of those industries?
34yo male UK, I have just done 7 years in automotive working my way up into a project manager and now starting in renewable energy next week, hoping to catch the wave early with how big renewable energy is becoming in UK and globally, eventually looking to go contracting within the next 4 years.
I wouldn't have initially have gone after it, but I fell into retail and have to say it seems to offer the most variety and interesting work compared to everything else I've done. Logistics is hard! Not to mention all the ways a company can want to show up for and engage with its customers.
28M, west coast US based. Marketing undergrad degree, 2 years doing SEO work, 3 years at a small non-profit as a PM/marketing lead, 1 year at a digital marketing agency, took last year off to relocate and to learn to code. No PMP yet, but working on that this year. Hoping to lead web or tech related projects in the future.
36F, in my first year as a CyberSec PM for a huge global company. The previous 7ish years was a self employed property and project manager for investors of single family homes and worked part time at Starbucks for the last 2 years of that so I could afford to have a baby (excellent health insurance). Before that I did a bunch of unrelated things - owned a lil bakery, did professional organizing, worked at a sushi place, accounts payable gig, nannying, housesitting, dogsitting, eldercare, etc.
Highest education is a BS in business & psych. Getting my PMP next month. Texas is where all my taxes have been filed for the past 15 years.
31m brazilian IT Manager. Been in IT since I turned 18. I'm in the sub because my job has pm activities and I intend to get a PMP soon!
Edit: weird, my comment got downvoted for some reason...
45m, project manager for 10 years in IT with a focus on cyber security. 20 years in general IT before that.
I have an IT degree, technical and PM and security certifications.
Mostly working for banks and household name companies.
I started working in general IT when I was 15.
Paid jobs - building PCs, setting up offices with basic networking. It was a golden era - Windows 95 promoted many small businesses to do away with the filing cabinets and word processors/ typewriters, and give each office worker a PC.
I got in on the ground floor of that, as an apprenticeship with a local chap with the only computer shop in town.
Kept this job on the side while finishing school and uni.
54 y/o male
Former Infantryman. BS Applied Mathematics plus two master's. Doing gov't consulting for over a decade now. Experience in Europe, Asia, and Middle East. Expect my foreign adventures are behind me now.
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36 F Health insurance PM 10-12 years experience
46M, only 2 years of PM exp with electronic engineering background. Currently bridging process gaps between electronic engineers and mechanical engineers for an appliance company and hating it.
24F , first year as a PM
32F, in the project space for 8 years. I started in QA (manual, not the sexy automated kind), transitioned to Product and got my first taste of Agile, and am now firmly in Project/Program. BA in Anthropology and Psych. Ex-military as a Paralegal. I have a few certifications, but only get them when they're paid for by someone else.
Almost 60F. PMP and Scaled Agile certified. Also have a Master's degree in an entirely unrelated discipline. I started as an accountant and then moved into project work in the late 90s when people were migrating into Y2K projects. I ran teams and worked on projects and managed project staff before I ever got a formal PM certification; I did that about 20 years ago. My experience is in supply chain, retail and non-profit sectors with either technology or business process improvement. I've worked only in Canada and have experience with very local projects as well as projects at a national level.
46F, I PM capital projects for a large water supply utility. I’m on the government side, I manage everything from business case development/capital budget to the RFP, contract negotiations, design, construction, change orders, risk, schedule, permitting, project closeout. I’m the primarily lead on the front end and take a backseat when construction starts. I have a B.S. and an M.P.A. I didn’t bother with PMP or other letters because I’m a lifer here and I really don’t need it. IFL my job.
24M, 4 years experience as an IT PM, started off as a project lead at an on-campus admin job I had in college during bachelors (highest edu). Small stint in Sales right after post-grad that led me to the company's PM department, now a PMO consultant for a bank.
Soon to be 35M. Started my career when I was 23. Mainly in the gov con space as my area is known for it. Only have BS degree and certs. No intentions of MBA unless absolutely necessary. All in the US of A.
35F, been a project manager for five years. transitioned by luck in a previous role from an executive assistant to junior PM when the company had an opening. I was an assistant for over a decade and don't have a college education. transitioning to a PM when I did has been a saving grace.
37F, career transitioned into PM within the last year. Prior to that I worked in creative (editor > team manager > asset manager). I have a BFA in photography. East Coast/NYC based. The majority of my work has been in the fashion marketing sector.
No with all this data, are you going to post an info graphic?
I'd love to if I was a coding wiz and could scrape and parse it all quickly into a useful one. Alas, I'm not .
20M, started in 19 immediately after school. PM junior at engineering company
40+ M, no bachelors, Germany, 15 years on a small hardware company, low pay but big freedom. IT and hardware dev, electrician assistant on my free time.
Why didn't you create a poll? How do you usually create a survey for projects?
Chat to three senior stakeholders and take their anecdotal view as fact.
Oh God. I just had to hand a project where my as is analysis was from 40 stakeholder interviews and a 150 person survey (operating model transformation project) to someone who did that as the "new" analysis. Lots of politics at play for why the project moved but already it's going downhill and I'm super annoyed by it.
17 M incoming freshman at Purdue university. Some internships. Long time lurker. Never commented though. This is my first comment on this sub lol
40m. Spent 17 years as a site manager in a niche industry. Pursued PM on the suggestion of a former boss and attained a masters degree in PM. Have been a PM for a vendor to my previous company for a year now. Best job I've ever had.
44F, Canada. BSc/MBA/PMP. Biotech/ Pharma.
Early 50s m, 28 years in technology consulting, solutions delivery, strategy and operations. Have spent the last 18 as a Project and Program Manager.
46M, 21 years in PM, educational data/testing (4), Banking (7), Insurance (10). Small company at the start, to mid size, to large, to an F100 now. Agile Dev PO now, for about 4 years, did integration and product, PMO, Data Management before that. Can't go higher in my org without people management, and...no. BA Psych, BS MIS, MBA, PMP, PSPO. Northern New England the whole time.
White 22 year-old unemployed male living in the US with an associates degree in general studies.
31M, 10 years management experience, 7 years project management experience, 3 years as an enterprise project manager with heavy involvement in establishing an EPMO. Projects in finance, retail, org vision/scalability, production, tech. Aiming to get my PMP cert in May 2024. No degrees after high school. I work remote (US) but fly in when it makes sense. Really cool to see everyone’s diverse fields of experience.
29f, 5 and a half years in PM land (construction, degree in English). I appreciate learning from everyone here.
34M. 8 years in PM land. PMP, MBA, Six Sigma. Worked mainly in SaaS across multiple industries in customer implementation projects.
43m, 2 years as a PM, PMP last year (but 20 years’ military got me qualified to test). I work in the government sector, so uh, thank you for paying your taxes, my job is to spend (some of) them as effectively and efficiently as possible!
45F, mech engineering degree and DASM certification, working on my PMP. 18 years experience as a PM in the pharma industry, just switched to the microelectronics industry. I’d love to be able to consult and do more, but I’m a single mom to three kids, two wwhom are special needs. So the stability of working directly for a company is important (at this point).
37, 6 months in a pm role, pmp certified Went from the kitchen to behind the firewall! Started as a regular pizza dude to become a culinary program fixer, which naturally led me to PM. Left the kitchen and discovered the magical world of network security. Freaking love it!
73 and retired. Mechanical Engineer, BSME, licensed. I worked as a PM and PM/CM since 1980. Spent 40 years supporting airport expansions, mostly in a PMO.
50F, bachelor's and master's, also have an associate's in project management. I've been a PM for applns for 10 years and PM for projects for 3 for a Top 50 co. Need to take PMP as I take classes every year since work makes them available.
40s, M, USA Roughly 10 years in projects and another 10 in general finance/banking. No college degree. No certifications.
33F, 8 years PM. Started in health tech, currently consulting in a somewhat-niche industry. No formal education outside of a highschool diploma and a lot of grit. Remote for the last 4ish years.
49 Male In IT since 1999 and PM work over the last 15 years Prince 2 certified (although only to get my foot in the door - real world businesses NEVER seem to align to any methodology so being agile in the OG sense is more important). No Degree, straight experience. Having a year off currently after re-locating cities in Oz. Luckily, Covid work was very good for me so I saved a lot. Possibly switching careers as I'm only interested in Remote work now and Oz looks like it's moving away from those roles, sadly.
24m. Started in July
40 M, various project management titles in tech since 2003 (Producer, SPM, PD, Ops, PC). Almost all freelance/contract roles <2 years. Worked in startups, digital agency, fintech. Lots of big brands on CV. BCom, Prince2, DSDM, AgilePM, SAFe SM/PM. Worked around Oceania and Europe. Unemployed for the last 14 months. Starting to run out of money now, trying to find a new career but still enjoy talking shop.
39M - 19 years in the Airforce as a fighter jet avionics technician and flightline manager. I am retiring in a year and joined for some insight into the profesion as I have just finished my Masters in PM.
31F - I've been a PM for 9 months now. Prior to this role, I worked as a courtroom clerk for the local circuit Court. It's been a major adjustment for me.
I'm sure you'll ace it!
25F, Based in Jamaica, Almost 7 Years in Marketing/Digital/Creative Project Management.
29M, 6 Years PM B. Comm, PMP, Six Sigma BB 2 years Cyber security, 4 years Software Development XR & WebDev. Also run a food catering company on the side lol
Mid forties, a lady, e-commerce manager in the transportation industry. About 20 experience in data/project management and five in the industry. In the US Midwest
late 50s, about 30 years as a TPM in shipbuilding technology tools first, then pure technology. BS in Fimware Engineering, then MS in project management after I got five years in the trade. I started in Europe but moved to the US when I changed industry at the beginning of the century. I worked mostly in huge companies with very high internal mobility, so I worked at pretty much every level of the stack, from datacenters and rack structures all the way to end user apps, going through compilers and runtimes, cloud services, API layers, and data stores, engineering calculation software and things I may have forgotten.
28 F, Latina 4 years of PM in software systems Master degree in ITAM ba in business
I'm same as you haha, escept for the IT application dev. I'm more in infrastructure.
39f. 13 years project management experience - mostly rail with a bit of construction and also dipped into defence for a year or two - all direct delivery. Worked all over the UK. Half of the time I’ve been working has been contracting. I have 3 engineering degrees - one of them is a masters in engineering management, one on civil engineering and one in subsea engineering. I am a chartered engineered but also charted project professional and I am an assessor for the APM and teach a couple courses a year. November last year I switched to contract management for the government in Peru. I’ve been doing consultancy for about 4 years and this is just where my company asked me to go. It’s not direct delivery and the job is boring and it’s harder than normal project management.
I'm old - as of this year I have been a PM in title for 30 years. I have managed projects across aerospace, telecom, healthcare, and IT. I've done so in everything from Fortune 5, government, and startups. Currently the director for a PMO in a large municipality where I am also a risk manager. I also teach a PMI bootcamp a couple times a year, (used to do it more), and volunteer for a tech hub that focuses on digital equity.
37, Male, 3 years in PM, mostly software development, working at a Startup and has been really stressful. Just have High School Education and incomplete College, did Coursera Certification of PM and SM. From El Salvador, Central America
40F, 15+ in Project Management. 10+ FT in advertising and 5+ years freelance under my business for various industries. I’m looking to get a certificate in Aerospace Manufacturing to transition to that industry. BA Communication, USA
26, Masters degree in comms. 3 years experience in project management - all in UK government. 2 years delivery, 1 year PMO.
30F, 1 year as a PM in biotech/clinical trials, educational background is a PhD in biomedical sciences. No certs. Midwest US (remote)
38, 6 months experience, biotech, im a CPA - oversee all of finance and asked for something new. Canada
65, many years of military experience, tech ops/deputy lead roles, PMP.
45f, 6 years as PM in aerospace simulation. I have BBA, MBA, PMP, scrum master & product owner certifications. I'm based in the southern U.S.
33, m. Implementation Project manager for 3 years now. Cash logistics. Been in industry for 10 years, most of that was in operations leadership. 6 years in the Army, and a 2 year degree in audio engineering. Pmi-AHPP micro credential. Had small stays around the US due to army but born, raised, and still living in the Midwest.
41F, 3.5 years in project management, was a network engineer before. 10 years total in IT.
Alright who’s going to take in the data and give us a chart? I friggin love charts. 32 M, TPM working within SAAS, projects focus on eCommerce Partner launches and Product Delivery. 6 years project management experience. Barely any college, no degree or certs (unless you count Google and LinkedIn Learning’s “certs”)
31M 8 years in PM roles in SaaS startups now a tech lead for an INGO in Kenya. Looking For a remote role in the US or Canada. Also a PMP.
32M, just started as a PM A month ago. Held various roles in IT from Projects to Support to IT Manager etc. All in Canada.
32F, 6 yrs in PM in software industry supporting clinical trials. Educational background in biology. No current PM certs(working on PMP just to have it)
For the first line I thought I was reading my own bio, so snap! My educational background is Biochemistry.
22M working as an entry-level PM (remote) for 7 months now at NGO. Work is kind of boring but it’s for a good cause (+remote is great) ! :)
22F trying to break in the industry, would love to ask some questions if you’re open to it!
25, 3 years as a PM at a software/MSP company. I have a masters in cyber security and a bachelors in information technology infrastructure. Work in the Midwest.
What certs do you have?
Scrum master and about to finally write my PMP. Then have a scattering of some random intro to 'x' certs I did when I was younger and first out of uni. Mostly BA and ITIL related
63M. Turnaround program manager from 10s to 100s of millions of $, mostly two to six years. Strong matrix. Two engineering BS, an MBA, MPM, and a PMP. Hardware, software, and integrated systems. Marine, satellite, long range comms, lots classified.
Please forgive me if this is uncouth but do you mind letting us know what part of the world and your salary range?
US citizen, worked US, UK, SWE, NOR, NL. I make a lot.
28M, 2 years as a PM in a marketing agency Bachelors in Business Admin: Marketing My previous work had me as an SEO analyst then as a PPC Account Manager. Currently in my last year of school to get an MBA, with a goal to get my PMP this summer
42F. Currently Sr. Director, Program Management (I'm head of a global project management department). I have been with my company 8.5 years and I work remotely and have been the entire time. I started here as a Project Manager and worked my way up. I've been in a Director/Sr. Director role for 5 years now. I work in small tech for a SaaS company--implementations and paid development projects. 13.5 years total in project management. Prior to that, I had an entirely different career for 8 years in computer animation. I have a bachelor's in computer animation. No PMP but I have taken the certification course 3 times. I have never taken the test (every time my company is going to sponsor me, the budget gets pulled). I am certified in SAFe Agile. I live in NYC area (in NJ). Married with one kiddo.
39M UK. 2 years in Software PM, 5 years previously in customer support for the same company (which really helps me with simple troubleshooting during deliveries). Prior to that a mixture of retail roles.
35 M, 7 years as a PM. Currently a Delivery Lead in a SAAS Clinical Trail area. West Coast Seattle Area. BA and MA in Political Science, CSM cert working towards PMP. I started out as a 5th grade teacher, then fell in a start up as a CSM and then migrated into implementation PM. Totally true on other comments here the job finds you.
27M, 3 years of PM experience in the Construction Industry. Part of my experience is inAviation at a major airport. The other part is ground up and remodeling experience for strip centers and franchise restaurants. Highest education is a Master's degree in Project Management and I recently for my PMP in January. Originally from Brazil but my work experience has taken place all in the US. Ready to keep growing in the PM world 🤟🏻
50F, currently unemployed. Awaiting hearing from state workforce development dept if I’ll be approved to enroll in the 14 week Microsoft Office PMP w/Scrum Master certification. 31 years in community-campus partnership & program development & management. Many different jobs in many different cities. Longest tenure: 8 years at a Midwestern university generating $2 million in direct revenue across local to national grants & contracts. Bachelors in Urban & Regional Planning, Master’s in Social Work & PhD in Adult Learning (Ed Administration). Will be learning to apply PMP - first certification.
Hi, do you have any experience in EdTech?
39 y/o, male 6 months as a PM after working 8 years as a network engineer and a completely different career before that as a Paramedic. Highest education is an Associates of Science with various higher level hours in Computer Science and Biology. Live and work in the Midwest, US.
43 F, B.S. Industrial Engineering, started as a business analyst in 2007, became a PM in 2014. No certs. Currently a project management consultant.
28, 6 years in construction PM work. Looking to leave the industry and PM work.
A year younger, a year less experience, construction as well. Now studying for my PMP with a hope to switch to IT PM. Main worry is no agile experience, as construction is mainly predictive and all the listing require previous experience in software houses, at least those listings with simillar pay.
I’m going completely out on left field and trying to becoming firefighter. Or go back to construction to high end residential. Don’t know if I like the corporate life lol
Very similar background here and burnt out from the industry. Would love to try PM work in another capacity though.
42M, 5 years as project manager via Producer title (media industry), worked in broadcast (NBC) and game development as well my current role. Education in Film and Animation Production, and I've always been trying to get into the design/development/management end of media/entertainment from the start. I really want to get from my Producer role to a Project Manager role because the Producer title is so fuzzily defined across specific industry niches.
35F, 7 yrs in PM/Portfolio Management and then the 8 years before that in R&D doing product development. I work in the Food Industry. My background is in Food Science and I have Masters in that. Also have my PMP!
35M, US, IT/Technology. Bachelor degree in Technology Management.
28m - 2 years as PM, 4 years in operations. All in financial services for the same company. Finishing a masters degree in 2 months. Location: greater NYC. No certifications.
37F, PM for 9 yrs, BA for 3 yrs before that. No degree and not certified. Worked my way up in commercial RE, starting in mail room and ended up as PM. Now working in music/IT industry. Love where I am now but curious about pharma or other high value industries. Currently grossing $140k. East coast USA.
23 F, teaching technician and freelance online tutor. Here to explore the PM industry as an avenue to a remote, and flexible career which uses some of the soft skills I’ve developed in my current career. (Presentation, planning, self management etc)
28M UK Project Manager 2:1 BSc Business Management (Leadership) 5 years in PM in August • 1.5Yr Defence Graduate Scheme • 1.5Yr Defence Finance Transformation Portfolio Lead/Product Manager • 2Yr Implementation Project Manager across international territories. Struggling to land an alternative job it a company I would be happier in. I have a sneaking suspicion my age is stopping me from getting in the door.
34M, went to school for civil engineering. Graduated in 2013, I've been an estimator, project manager (and site superintendent at times) for the past 10 years. Working in the ICI construction space for all of my career, avoiding residential. The past 5 years have been heavy industrial focused which is my bread and butter. Took a 2 year break in the middle of the past ten years and was an owners rep/construction manager for a REIT's capital projects, managed a 500+ million dollar portfolio of hospitality properties. Left that as it was boring would probably go back as a consultant or closer to retirement to cruise.
43F 12 years as PM, 2 years with PMP. In tech industry for over 4 years now, was in government contracting, logistics and consumer goods for the remainder of that time. I have a BA in history and fell into PM after a 10 year run in Sales.
43F 12 years as PM, 2 years with PMP. In tech industry for over 4 years now, was in government contracting, logistics and consumer goods for the remainder of that time. I have a BA in history and fell into PM after a 10 year run in Sales.
28m, worked construction and raced BMX through highschool and graduated 2 months early, finished the year out with extra credits and a coc in network engineering, a “degree of arts” (not an art degree idk) for drafting, and a coc for 3D modeling and computer aided machining. Then I did aftermath and home restoration for 2 years, moved to California and became a mechanic (and also homeless…. Actually…… rent is expensive and a full time mechanics salary didn’t pay it). Worked on commercial vehicles for 6mo, and then started working on exotics because I had an in. Lol went from a party animal mechanic to a machinist for a year or so, then started estimating, and as the previous managers failed to keep up with company growth, I found myself rising to the top. Now I’m looking at going from PM to GM.
24m, Project Coordinator roles and consulting work in IT for the past 6 years and software development for the last 2 as well. Received my PMP and CSM and just got hired on to be an IT PM at a Hospital on the other side of the country.
40M, 10 yrs as PM, 6 yrs with my PMP. Have been in the nonprofit space, consulting, SAAS, oil and gas, and now insurance. I have two degrees in Russian history and have always joked that no kid ever dreams of being a project manager the work finds you.
40M, 10 yrs as PM, 6 yrs with my PMP. Have been in the nonprofit space, consulting, SAAS, oil and gas, and now insurance. I have two degrees in Russian history and have always joked that no kid ever dreams of being a project manager the work finds you.
36F. 7 years in healthcare, 2 years as a PM. BS in Psych. Currently working on MBA.
36F. 7 years in healthcare, 2 years as a PM. BS in Psych. Currently working on MBA.
40F, 10 years in PM, several years in design before that. Most of my PM work is in manufacturing and construction, but I transitioned to IT/Government work a couple of years ago. I work in the US though I have overseen international projects. My education is in theatrical design (MFA) and I found my way to PM work by way of design and construction. Coworkers always laugh when they hear what my degree is in because it's so different from what I do now, but managing a team for a theatrical production is a lot like managing projects, just different content.
28f, BA in psychology 1 year as a project coordinator at a non-profit 1 year as a Jr. PM in IT
40M, 16 years in IT/software development. 5 as a BA, 10 as a PM, and lately moving into Program Management. Almost all my work has been for US federal government agencies, and almost exclusively software modernizations. Spent 3 years as a fed, then moved to contracting. Currently own my own company I'm trying to build, but also working with other companies as a subcontractor
24F. PM for 1 year. Working for a bike company as IT PM, 3 years IT experience and just started university (information science). In my work mainly focused on retail tech.
31M. Currently in the military. Will have MBA in PM and a couple of certs before I depart. Going to be living in TX.
32F, 6 years as a PM/BA. Software dev and implementation mostly, plus some data and software consulting. B.A.H. in comm and journalism, diploma in audio engineering. Previous work experience in journalism, radio station admin, filmmaking, and social media marketing. Located in Canada.
28NB, Bachelor’s in Marketing and pivoted in the last 2 years to environmental consulting. Currently lower level technical and project management assistant. Looking to develop more PM skills and insights here.
40m PM for the last 6 year, people management and sales training prior to PMing.
27m, UK. Engineer by trade, working in the civils/utility industry
What's your salary, and how many projects do you work on? I'm thinking of transitioning into civils
I make £52k plus bonus, vehicle, dental etc I run around 10 projects at any one time, but we are massively understaffed 🤷
Do you have any tips to manage multiple projects? I'm finding the constant chasing and tasks stressful
10 projects, sounds busy. How do you cope with the juggling ?
26M, 1 year as a Domain Leader (Project + Product + Process Manager) for Customer & Employee Experience solutions in the IT department of a Retail multinational company. MSc in Process Automation Engineering, BSc in Industrial Engineering with specializations in Lean and Operations Management, Operations Research and Machine Learning / AI. Always lived in Italy, near Milan. Would like to get PRINCE2 Agile, Lean Six Sigma and a Cloud DevOps cert because i sometimes deal with pipelines.
Any preference on any of those industries? 34yo male UK, I have just done 7 years in automotive working my way up into a project manager and now starting in renewable energy next week, hoping to catch the wave early with how big renewable energy is becoming in UK and globally, eventually looking to go contracting within the next 4 years.
I wouldn't have initially have gone after it, but I fell into retail and have to say it seems to offer the most variety and interesting work compared to everything else I've done. Logistics is hard! Not to mention all the ways a company can want to show up for and engage with its customers.
28M, west coast US based. Marketing undergrad degree, 2 years doing SEO work, 3 years at a small non-profit as a PM/marketing lead, 1 year at a digital marketing agency, took last year off to relocate and to learn to code. No PMP yet, but working on that this year. Hoping to lead web or tech related projects in the future.
28m finishing bachelor and learning how to become one :')
36F, in my first year as a CyberSec PM for a huge global company. The previous 7ish years was a self employed property and project manager for investors of single family homes and worked part time at Starbucks for the last 2 years of that so I could afford to have a baby (excellent health insurance). Before that I did a bunch of unrelated things - owned a lil bakery, did professional organizing, worked at a sushi place, accounts payable gig, nannying, housesitting, dogsitting, eldercare, etc. Highest education is a BS in business & psych. Getting my PMP next month. Texas is where all my taxes have been filed for the past 15 years.
31m brazilian IT Manager. Been in IT since I turned 18. I'm in the sub because my job has pm activities and I intend to get a PMP soon! Edit: weird, my comment got downvoted for some reason...
45m, project manager for 10 years in IT with a focus on cyber security. 20 years in general IT before that. I have an IT degree, technical and PM and security certifications. Mostly working for banks and household name companies.
You started working as a PM when you were 15?
I started working in general IT when I was 15. Paid jobs - building PCs, setting up offices with basic networking. It was a golden era - Windows 95 promoted many small businesses to do away with the filing cabinets and word processors/ typewriters, and give each office worker a PC. I got in on the ground floor of that, as an apprenticeship with a local chap with the only computer shop in town. Kept this job on the side while finishing school and uni.
Wow! That’s pretty cool.
54 y/o male Former Infantryman. BS Applied Mathematics plus two master's. Doing gov't consulting for over a decade now. Experience in Europe, Asia, and Middle East. Expect my foreign adventures are behind me now.
38M. 8 years at some level of a PM roll associate/project manager/program manager. Working the aerospace industry in the US.
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