What is your expected career path?

[darthsidious]

Analog Design Intern -> Analog Design Engineer -> Senior Design Engineer -> Design Manager -> Chip Lead -> VP of Product Line -> Director -> Head of Business Unit -> CEO

Alternatively, after Chip Lead or design manager, I could branch out the Dual Technical Ladder which would look like Principal Designer -> Senior Principal Designer -> Fellow -> Senior Fellow.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
I'm speaking about my company, not the industry norm. There is nothing above Project Manager if you choose that track.

Highly unlikely. That may be your perception, but not the perception of others.

If you can't delegate or let go of the technical side of things, let others take the technical lead, let others handle the grunt work then you will not advance.

A director is a manager of departmental resources, a CTO is nothing more than a manager of resources but instead of managing a few departments and telling them where to go you are strategically steering the ship.

A technical person does not and cannot do this job because they can't let go of the technical side.

 

[erub]

Originally posted by: trmiv
I didn't plan it this way, but it's pretty much going:

IT Support Monkey > IT Support Chimp > IT Support Orangutan

Hopefully eventually it will lead out of the IT zoo entirely, or at least out of the support side.

lol!

currently trying to find my first job, so we'll see where that puts me..

reminds me of a company handing out t-shirts at a career fair:
"4 Promotions from CEO"

 

[NanoStuff]

2008-2014: Web programmer
2015-2022: Robot programmer
2023-2030: AI programmer
2031-2035: Nanobot programmer
2036-2045: Simulated reality programmer
2046-2055: Universe programmer
2056-2065: God programmer
2066-830,000,000,075: Retired
830,000,000,090-830,000,000,100: Stone tool carver.
830,000,072,008-830,000,072,014: Web programmer.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: joshsquall
I'm speaking about my company, not the industry norm. There is nothing above Project Manager if you choose that track.

Highly unlikely. That may be your perception, but not the perception of others.

If you can't delegate or let go of the technical side of things, let others take the technical lead, let others handle the grunt work then you will not advance.

A director is a manager of departmental resources, a CTO is nothing more than a manager of resources but instead of managing a few departments and telling them where to go you are strategically steering the ship.

A technical person does not and cannot do this job because they can't let go of the technical side.

I don't know what to tell you. I'm telling you exactly how my company is. Project Manager is the end game for that route.

 

[jlee]

Patrolman -> FTO -> Sergeant -> Unsure

 

[Regs]

Maybe upper management. Nothing a law degree can't help.

 

[vital]

IT Auditor -> Security Analyst (hopefully)

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
I don't know what to tell you. I'm telling you exactly how my company is. Project Manager is the end game for that route.

Suit yourself. Just trying to help your career.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

software engineer -> ... -> director

 

[needalife]

worker -> .... -> profit!

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: joshsquall
I don't know what to tell you. I'm telling you exactly how my company is. Project Manager is the end game for that route.

Suit yourself. Just trying to help your career.

Uh.. alright. You aren't listening to me.

 

[nageov3t]

no career path... my only title upgrade will come if my boss retires / gets fired.

but I get my yearly raise, so who cares?

 

[daniel1113]

CTO --> Retirement

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: joshsquall
I don't know what to tell you. I'm telling you exactly how my company is. Project Manager is the end game for that route.

Suit yourself. Just trying to help your career.

Uh.. alright. You aren't listening to me.

I am. This will not be the only job you have.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: joshsquall
I don't know what to tell you. I'm telling you exactly how my company is. Project Manager is the end game for that route.

Suit yourself. Just trying to help your career.

Uh.. alright. You aren't listening to me.

I am. This will not be the only job you have.

I understand that. I'm speaking about my current employer.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Ideally?

Student -> Teacher -> Retirement

Realistically?

Student -> Teacher -> Fired -> Whatever I can find

 

[BrownTown]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: joshsquall
I don't know what to tell you. I'm telling you exactly how my company is. Project Manager is the end game for that route.

Suit yourself. Just trying to help your career.

Uh.. alright. You aren't listening to me.

I am. This will not be the only job you have.

I'm not necessarily saying he is right or wrong here, but the company my dad works at only goes outside the company for the higher level leadership positions, so if you are a project manager your only real way to get to a higher level of management is to go to another company (I guess you can of course move up to larger and larger projects, but at some point you need to be a VP for that).

 

[Jeff7]

Straight-A school student -> B college student -> slacker/bored/neffing college student -> some engineering job -> Profit?

Horray for lofty goals.

 

[SSSnail]

Jack of All Trades > Sr. Jack of All Trades > Independent (partner) ~ Slaving for myself > Director > Vice Chairman > 120' yacht.

 

[krunchykrome]

Staff Accountant/Auditor
Earn Masters Degree
Pass CPA Exam
Become a CPA
Change from Public Accounting back into Corporate accounting
Earn MBA
Move up the corporate ladder, hopefully to Director or CFO level

 

[meltdown75]

Property Inspector > Valuation Analyst > Senior Valuation Analyst > Valuation Manager > retire

or

PI > Valuation Review Specialist > retire

 

[Nerva]

analyst > pe or hf > open bakery/restaurant

 

[SSSnail]

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FIX YOUR BUNNY!

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
Slacker -> Senior Slacker -> Director of Slacking -> CSO

 

[Capt Caveman]

Camera man -> Pornstar -> Director -> Movie Producer