Is there career growth in Project Management? What’s the pros and cons of going into it?

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Pro - plenty of work. Con - it’s mundane work.

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It doesn’t seem to be the best for upward trajectory.

You don’t see many people going from Head of PMO -> C-Suite.

That being said, large companies always have the need. And as boring as it is, the predictability/reliability may give you enough bandwidth to start a side hustle or go out and live your life??

Unfortunately it’s not that simple and tends to vary by company/industry.

For example in Med Devices/Pharma, Sales & Marketing tend to run the show.

In Tech, same can be said for Product & Engineering.

In capital intensive industries like Energy, there’s more emphasis on Finance & Operations.

Advise you to look at the C-Suite of your target companies and see if their backgrounds have any common denominators.

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