Good morning everyone and happy new year, any advice on how to pivot from a career in Accoutning to Tech Project Management (software)? Here's some background, 12YOE in public accounting, recent finished a tech project management bootcamp certification course and will sit for the PSM exam soon. Looking for roles in Associate/Jr PM, Implementation Consultant or BA. Any advice will be appreciated.

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Target junior roles in Finance ERP companies / consulting: oracle,sap, financial force, Microsoft considering functional consulting roles as a pathway to project management in tech.

Consider Agile coach as an alternative and immerse yourself in the agile scene (books like the unicorn project, accelerate, team topologies and bvssh

Look inside your current companies for roles in finance systems.

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Which tech pm bootcamp? Are there any worthy?

Def learned a ton in a short period of time, still applying to fin tech PM roles which is the main way to tell if it's worth the investment

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