Management level, maybe look at getting your PMP. On Aug 1, 2014 5:36 PM, "Bruce Sorge" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > OK, so most of not all of you know that I'll be retiring from the Army in a > year (actually, 1 OCT 15, but I will be home on a 50 day vacation next > August). Anyway, I'll have my BS in IT with a general concentration in > November of this year. I am seriously considering going for my MS in > business or management. > So my goal when I retire is to land a management job in an IT shop in or > near Colorado Springs. Since I have been out of the civilian world for the > better part of seven years, what should I do to make myself marketable at > the management level? I have of course solid leadership experience in the > Army for the better part of 17+ years, and I have previous IT experience as > a ColdFusion, PHP, .NET, MySQL and MS SQL Server as a web developer, and my > PHP, CF and MySQL skills are still current as I do side jobs for folks. > But, I don't want to be a worker bee at the age of 52 when I retire. I know > having a degree and leadership experience helps. I am specifically talking > about technical skills. I want to make sure I can walk the walk, not just > throw out current technology buzzwords in any future interviews I will > have. > > > TIA, > > Bruce > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371902 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
