I would really appreciate any help I could get on this. I have a problem of deciding what to aim for, which I dont think many of us have.
In any case, I graduated 2 years ago with a Bachelors in Computer Science. Before I went to college though, I completed my MCSE (1999).
There was a really hype about MCSE’s that time. It helped me get a part-time job during college. In my bachelors, I had selected electives in all fields of IT not knowing which specific field had my interest. I had wanted to become a game programmer when I was a teenager but there were no such courses to choose from. The Advisors were barely any help at all and finally I graduated.
After 2 months of graduation a landed a job in a small company. I was working as a Researcher/Application Developer in their R&D Dept. I worked in that company for 3 months after which a reshuffling of management moved me from that department to the Web Development department of which I was made the Team Lead/Manager. I worked in that department for two months after which several arguments with management on requirements for the department which they were not eager to provide.
In any case, I moved on and landed a job in one large company as a Web Developer. I attended courses on Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server, Content Management Server, and Office Project Server. The last got a little of my interest, and I got quite a bit involved in Enterprise Project Management (which I implemented on one of the projects).
My project manager was forcing too much workload on me so i took a vacation for 3 months during which I worked for another small company as a System Analyst. I left after the project was over and handed all my documents to another senior analyst to work further.
I have returned to the previous large company and I am working again as a Web Developer with controllable stress.
I really love programming but its not what I want to do for the rest of my life. I want to move to a managerial position and be able to run a company (of my own or another).
To achieve this I am not sure which step to take next. One of the choices is the PMP exam (which requires around 2 years experience of project management) and the other choice is an Online MBA (online since I dont live near any recognised MBA universities).
The first choice seems more reasonable than the second since I am not sure of which field in MBA (Finance, Marketing, General Business Administration etc.). There is (or was) quite a bit of hype about the CIO position. I’m all confused.
I hope I haven’t bored you all but a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. And I really need help on deciding what to do for my future.
Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you all for your time.
