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Project manager - RE-TRAINING but in what?
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Originally posted by WHoSaidthis View Postbeen contracting in the project Manager space for about 15years and given market, would like the opportunity to retrain and specialise in what is considered to be ‘hot’.
Security seems interesting but I have no idea where to start?
Aim is to be employable at all times and be able to earn upwards of £600/day. Current market conditions make it hard given influx of PMs, change managers etc
Thanks in advance"Hope your doing fine". My favourite opening line in emails from certain agencies! Not only the fact they can't spell, but who actually says that?Comment
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Originally posted by WHoSaidthis View Postbeen contracting in the project Manager space for about 15years and given market, would like the opportunity to retrain and specialise in what is considered to be ‘hot’.
Thanks in advance
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Tax Inspector (esp. IR35 investigation.)nomadd liked this postComment
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Originally posted by simes View PostGrief, I've only been on the boards for three minutes this morning and already I'm feeling sorry for myself!
Good morning fellas.
This is why I only check in every now and then to see what's what. It's thoroughly depressing on here generally.
Contracting is finished, Bob's taken all the good gigs for 100 a day and distributed it to all his mates offshore, what roles are left are INSIDE IR35 and subject to 99% tax, what's the point any more etc.Permietractor (probably)Comment
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If you’re a PM then logical steps are agile scrum lead, product owner or similar. Learn Jira and the concepts of pure scrum - 5 sprint ceremonies etc - and you’ll be well placed. A backlog is just a Gantt chart with no dates on it.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostIf you’re a PM then logical steps are agile scrum lead, product owner or similar. Learn Jira and the concepts of pure scrum - 5 sprint ceremonies etc - and you’ll be well placed. A backlog is just a Gantt chart with no dates on it.
1. Do a Scrum course + certification
2. Watch YouTube to get an idea of how it is done and learn those terms (Sprint, Retrospectives, 3 Amigos, Acceptance Criteria)
3. Familiarise yourself with tools like Jira
4. Finally reword all PM experience as Agile/Scrum in your CVComment
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Originally posted by BigDataPro View PostThis is exactly what I have been saying. PM's naturally fit into Scrum Master roles as it is more talk and less technical.
1. Do a Scrum course + certification
2. Watch YouTube to get an idea of how it is done and learn those terms (Sprint, Retrospectives, 3 Amigos, Acceptance Criteria)
3. Familiarise yourself with tools like Jira
4. Finally reword all PM experience as Agile/Scrum in your CV
All the good scrum masters I've dealt with come from a dev background.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostHardly - Scrum masters are supposed to remove anything that hinders work being done, your typical PM is the greatest impediment you could add to a project.
All the good scrum masters I've dealt with come from a dev background.
It is definitely a viable career path, but requires a different mindset and different/additional skills.Last edited by Paralytic; 10 November 2020, 10:30.Comment
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in my experience failed project managers aren't any good at anything else.
The good ones usually can do other things and that's what makes them good. But they tend not to do anything else.
IMO the OP is best off trying to carry on being a PM but look at what projects he/she specialises in. Focus on the, rewrite the CV to ensure that the last 5 years match that specialisation.
When the market is slow diversifying is not going to help as everyone else is doing that.
Narrow the focus, and put the price up.See You Next TuesdayComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostHardly - Scrum masters are supposed to remove anything that hinders work being done, your typical PM is the greatest impediment you could add to a project.
All the good scrum masters I've dealt with come from a dev background.
OP is already a PM and is interested in retraining. Therefore the closest realistic, achievable option is Scrum Mastery when compared to Developer, Solution Architect, DBA etc.Last edited by BigDataPro; 10 November 2020, 12:40.Comment
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