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No technical training for a project mgr

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How far do you agree/ disagree with the statement above? I am referring to technical training on new systems/ tools that your team will work on.

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by toms1005

The definition of the role of the project manager varies widely. I've seen C++ lead programmers called project managers and I've seen seasoned (15+ years) project managers who've never written a line of code.

My point is one thats often missed: project management is a discipline in its own right with a unique skill set. It is too often seen as a natural progression from programmer or team lead (at least in the IT industry). My view is that if you are doing programming or technical work that you need special training for, then you are not doing project management.
This is not to say that you can be totally ignorant of the tools your team works on, but it need only be a working knowledge.

by something_todo

My boss goes to all the training and have her own consultant side job. She didn't send me to any technical training whatsoever. I do all the work in the office. All she does is go training and take exams. She got every certificates you can imagine. The only time she comes to work is to pickup her pay check or the server went down so she can chewed me.

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