I've had 3 interviews over the last month and a half and on all occasions I've had positive feedback as to my PM skills and experience but then they have commented that my technical skills weren't strong enough.
I find this odd as my entire 12 year background is MS and Cisco based with the last 5 years managing technical projects. As I'm sure most PM's will agree technical skills will get more out of date as time goes by due to the fact that you are managing projects rather than getting into the technical nitty gritty.
I can appreciate that a grounding and continuing exposure to new technologies is important but not to the degree that an Analyst would have.
I guess the only answer is to try to increase technical knowledge by doing CCNA, MCSE etc
Any other PM's finding this problem? What is your approach?
I find this odd as my entire 12 year background is MS and Cisco based with the last 5 years managing technical projects. As I'm sure most PM's will agree technical skills will get more out of date as time goes by due to the fact that you are managing projects rather than getting into the technical nitty gritty.
I can appreciate that a grounding and continuing exposure to new technologies is important but not to the degree that an Analyst would have.
I guess the only answer is to try to increase technical knowledge by doing CCNA, MCSE etc
Any other PM's finding this problem? What is your approach?
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