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I went rapidly from support to infrastructure to applications business/systems analyst roles in corporate. Due to circumstances I was then ‘promoted’ to IT mgm
by ssss11 5y ago
I went rapidly from support to infrastructure to applications business/systems analyst roles in corporate.
Due to circumstances I was then ‘promoted’ to IT mgmt very early and followed that for a while before realising that I enjoy the process of bringing new improvements to an org, and not the BAU/operational stuff (and not the line mgr stuff that comes with managing people).
So I switched to being a project manager initially in IT but nowadays for general business projects, and increasingly business strategy projects. It’s cool but it’s definitely not where I thought my career would go.
I get bored with too much of the same thing so this works for me. Find what works for you and don’t be afraid to try new things.
I’m not in SV so no idea if the pay is equivalent wherever you are but where I am it definitely is, in fact, I probably earn more in project management (I’m a program manager now)
- readonthegoapp 5y agoi occasionally get thrown a Program Management job listing they seem cool, but usually require more people management experience than i have but when i think of jobs i might actually find interesting, Program Management is up there. then again, some of them are pretty business analyst-y...which sounds fund for about one project. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- ssss11 5y agoYeah definitions can differ by company putting out the job listing - there can be some grey area with BA work and others, Procurement and vendor management for example. In terms of the people side the key difference for me between this and being a line manager is that I regularly am setting tasks for people, following up, mentoring, clearing roadblocks etc but I don’t have to deal with the HR side of it - performance, recruitment (unless contractors in my budget) etc.