From the course: Build a Successful Career in Project Management
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Pivot into project management
From the course: Build a Successful Career in Project Management
Pivot into project management
- Are you someone who thinks logically, formulates plans, communicates well, and knows how to get people to work towards a common goal? If so, you might do well as a project manager. Let me tell you a funny story. Early in my career, I was tasked with managing the decommissioning of an existing system and the creation, as well as implementation, of a new access database that would act as a sub-ledger. In my excitement to get started, I asked my manager who would be assigned to help me develop the database. To my surprise, she handed me an "SQL for Dummies" book and said, "Have at it." Whoa, Houston, we have a problem. I had absolutely no coding experience. The next six months of my life were spent painstakingly teaching myself how to design and program the database so it would act as a reliable sub-ledger. I was overjoyed once I successfully implemented, but I knew that that was the beginning of the end of my short…
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