How to start a career as a project manager in IT?
This profession is not taught in many universities; meanwhile the American Project Management Institute (PMI) predicts 22 million new vacancies for project managers by 2027. So you need to study, but you will have to gain all the necessary knowledge on your own and, preferably, immediately apply it in practice.
Here are a few steps to make it easier and more effective:
✅ Firstly, you need to get a theoretical base; you can gain it at courses, but it will be better if there are practising specialists, not just theoretical teachers. In the ideal case, they work on business ventures in IT.
✅Specialized channels in chats, blogs on Instagram, YouTube, online courses (Coursera, Udemy) are also good sources of learning. Choose your person or resource that sends a message in an understandable and convenient format. Here it is important to understand and feel when you should move from theory to practice because you won't digest the information without it.
✅ Next, you should apply the learned knowledge in practice as a trainee/intern. Some companies are ready to raise specialists according to their standards. In such cases, even a beginner with a minimal base can get a job, the main thing is to show initiative in the future.
✅Another option is to create your project (pet project). It requires free time, a lively idea and intrinsic motivation, so the option is not for everyone but is very effective. You can fulfil such a project for your friends or find a client on freelance platforms.
✅Super high quality, but often not a budget option is to find a mentor. This is an effective way because this person with experience controls your work, gives feedback during the process, points out and analyzes mistakes, so it all allows you to accelerate your professional growth significantly.
It's all real and possible, the main thing here is your desire to become a PM, understanding that you have to study a lot and constantly learn. And then you have the opportunity to work from anywhere in the world where is Internet.