Does getting a PMP on top of a masters degree make a huge difference in making you competitive for jobs? Is the juice worth the squeeze for a PMP cert?

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All relative to your industry and specialty. If you’re in the PM space, sure it’s a benefit to you. But a masters and the PMP are not 1:1

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Do you want to be a PM? Masters and pmp are totally different things like what’s your question lol

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Nope, unless you are a project manager it really does not matter

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Depends on the job

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I do project management now, but do not have a pmp cert. I am getting a masters degree because it will give me leverage on a wider scale of opportunities (eventually plan to work overseas). A lot of my peers have both, so I have considered getting it but am not convinced it is necessary. I may not always do project management, who knows!

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A masters in what ?? Not every field needs one your premise is still very vague. If you want to continue in PM then yes you should get a pmp to stay competitive but if you have the experience it’s not always necessary. For a masters degree like I said it’s very relative to industry

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