Hi all, I wanted to ask some advice about my current job situation. Full details are below but basically what I'm wondering is if I should jump ship and change paths now, or wait until I finish my Master's degree in Data Analytics in 2-3 years.
I'm in the tech industry working as a beginning project manager - not PMP-certified yet. I've been in this position for a little less than a year. I also just started an MS program in data analytics this fall (going to school part-time) because I think I've realized that I prefer to be told what to do, rather than telling other people what to do & coordinating things. Along those same lines, I think I've also realized that my dream job is a data analyst or data scientist. So far in my life I don't feel like I've reached my intellectual limit, and my main life goal is pretty much to try to do that by studying data science.
That being said, I'm pretty sure project management isn't the right fit for me. But there are some complicating factors that make me hesitant to give it up just yet - this is the part I need advice on.
Over the past year that I've been a PM, I don't think I've ever really gotten any solid PM experience. I've never worked on a project from start to finish or even close, and the vast majority of my work is documentation for various regulatory bodies like FDA. Documentation is part of project management, sure, but not all of it. But that's all I've ever really done - I've never gotten the opportunity to actually manage anything or anyone. The company I work for has also been going through an acquisition & subsequent restructuring over the past year - so pretty much everything is in flux and will continue to be for another couple years. (Specifically meaning: everyone at work wears many hats and it's common for people, including myself, to have to do tasks because they just need to get done and only 1 person will have the necessary knowledge/experience. This is how I end up doing so much documentation.) Over the past 3-4 months I've become increasingly unhappy with my job because doing all documentation isn't what I signed up for.
However, the mitigating factors to my unhappiness is that I'm paid better than I ever have been before, and there are a lot of opportunities for upward mobility and advancement. Supposedly.
So here are my questions. Should I cut my losses now and look for a job somewhere else in data science/analysis, even though I don't have the degree yet? Or should I stick with trying the PM thing a while longer to see where that goes? How actually valuable is that project management experience, given that I want to change directions anyway? Any general advice? Anything I should be aware of that I may not be considering?
Thanks everyone!!
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