Which is why I’m in training for it. All day, every day, for 5 days.
I don’t talk about my job much here but I’ll give you a few brief details since the occasion kind of calls for it. I won’t be writing much else this week on account of the training.
I’m an application development project manager. Which, to the layman, means I work in IT managing projects to develop software (mostly web based) programs. I do a little bit of code myself on account of a small tech department at my job, but for the most part my work is based in planning and communications.
Okay so PMP = Project Management Professional. It’s a credential that I hope to achieve after taking a week’s worth of training and passing an exam (and having been a project manager for three years). Really the worst part is probably the application to take the exam in the first place because I will have to catalog 4500 hours worth of project management responsibilities – which, I’ve completed – for sure – but… well… catalogued, not so much.
Anyway, I’m stuck in a hotel conference room all week (eating terribly shitty food) with my nose to the grindstone. I haven’t yet finished my application – but after doing so, it should take about a week for review and then I can schedule my test. My goal is to take it either late December or early January – but at the same time I don’t want to sacrifice my holidays to studying. So, we shall see.
