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| There are 2730 users in this career group. They represent 38 different countries. You can see the list of users in this career group by clicking on one of the links below. You can also join this career group simply by selecting your current status and clicking "Add Me." |
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306 users are currently in this career. |
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58 users are considering this career. |
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45 users left or retired from this career. |
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2321 users have hidden memberships. |
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| Reviews |
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are 4 reviews of this career. The most recent 3 reviews are listed below. You can see more reviews by clicking on "Read all reviews..." at the bottom of this page. |
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| Write an online review and share your thoughts about this career with others! |
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January 18, 2007 |
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The irony to this is that I couldn't find "project manager" in this list of careers. I was previously a producer and enjoyed it very much. The position and career of a 'project manager' is far less emotional and adventurous. It's pretty much what Indiana Jones would become if the Museum cut his funding. Being a project manager is being a producer without the fedora and leather jacket.
All humor aside, being a project manager is a very deliberate position where the PM is responsible only for the scheduling of resources and the monitoring of budget. Of course, any PM will describe a variety of other benefits; mitgation of risk, reduction of uncertainty, enabling expectations - but I believe the success of any personal, non-professional relationship involves those factors as well. Your wife or girlfriend doesn't enjoy surprises because they happen everyday; your job wouldn't either.
I was a producer for over 8 years and loved every stressed-out minute of it. I was creative, multi-tasking, and producing some amazing interactive pieces. The money was nominal and I could produce however much my physical being could handle - some months that was a lot. But I was burned out and my career definitely had some low points where I needed to recharge.
As a PM, I manage huge projects; some parts of them beyond the scope of my understanding and definitely impossible to do on my own. Instead of managing one or two teams on separate projects, I manage one team on many projects. The critical difference now is that as a producer, you have to be there. As a PM, the resources interact around you.
I understand, at least in the New England market, that being a PM is a step up, my set of skills have definitely matured and become far sharper than the shoot-from-the-hip work that I did as a producer. But there's less of the highs and crashes that I associated with being a producer. I'm sure I'll stop missing them sooner or later. |
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| Interesting Fact |
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| People with higher education levels are more likely to become entrepreneurs. |
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