"It's difficult to get started in project management, but once you begin to specialize in a certain field, you're more likely to find opportunities."
"The sense of accomplishment when a project is delivered an well-received by the client is worth the long hours. And then you start a new project with a new set of challenges and rewards."
"Taking the blame for our staff missing deadlines and excuses."
"Being a project manager/team lead on a very large project can be very challenging particularly when your company is only a subcontractor to a much larger project. Now you have to juggle the needs of your team, client, stakeholders and the prime. This project allowed me to work remotely most of the time and manage a semi virtual team which provided for its own set of challenges. Overall I enjoyed working with a team of experts that made my job much easier."
"I have been managing programs and projects in R&D and supply chain for most of my career and really enjoy this work. Leading cross-functional teams is very fulfilling and I have always been schedule and budget driven in my work."
"It's good to be in total control of the project. The downside is the huge responsibility in making the project a success."
"Project Managing is not my passion. My passion is to design and develop software."
"It's great to be a leader and guide the team to achieve the goal to exceed the expectation from customers."
"I love to please client to satisfaction in system deliverable. I enjoy working with all types of electronics from the low end to high end systems. It is my passion to work with such sophisticated devices that help improve our lives. There wouldn't be anything much that I would hate about this job, since every day is different. Different challenges always come up. I would only hate it, if every system was the same."
"With good introduction and support from my supervision to start my PM as an assistant PM with portions of the big project. Good experience for my career development."
"I love my job, especially the interaction with clients."
"It is flexible to work for my company, but it can be too much work too, I am more willing to work in the office and have a weekend off. I enjoy the part of working with our programmers in a different country. That also means I have to stay up very late too."
"I love that I was able to bring my skills to the job and I worked closely with the CEO of the company."
"Things I like: having control on projects, opportunity to give decisions.I don't like: being away from technical, no chance to relax from hard work so much."
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