Job Responsibilities
As a Project Manager in Information Technology you oversee the
application development effort of new business applications. You
are responsible for defining requirements, scheduling, budget, and
reporting to management on the progress of the project.
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Job Requirements
Education generally consist of a undergraduate degree in business
or computer science, courses needed to sit for the PMI Project
Management certification. These classes are available from a
number of vendors at a cost of $1,000 to $27,000.
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Uppers
The right project gets you visability. You get to interact with all levels of
the organization. If the project is successful you are successful.
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Downers
You job is closly tied to the project. If the project is
cancelled you may be out of work. Your responsible for all
aspects of the project. It is sometimes difficult to manage
multiple people accross different department when they don't
report directly to you.
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Lifestyle
Generally as a PM the work hours are long since there are deadlines that must be
met. Business travel and dress code depend on the company and project. In
todays business environment of tight budgets social events are a thing of the
past.
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Compensation
In the past few years compensation for IT people in general has
decreased. PM's generally get somewhere between 75K and 125K.
There is no job security.
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Advice to Jobseekers
Choose a different profession. I/T is now outsourced to India and
China where the people work for far less salary. The field is
changing at a rapid pace and what you study in college will be
useless by the time your graduate. It safe to say that almost
every US company outsources some of their IT operations offshore.
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