How do I become a project owner/project manager in tech

[Cornetti]

Sorry another career post, inspired by a poster yesterday asking about career in tech.

I’m senior in a small media company earning around 35k per year. Project management is part of my role and I’m good at it but I don’t have any formal training/certificates. I also do not have any IT background.

I love many aspects of my job but I am at the point that I can’t progress much further and most crucially the opportunity for expanding my project management experience, the part I enjoy the most, is very limited.

How do I find out more about the field, should I approach a company and persuade them to take me on as a trainee? The job adverts seem to ask for experience already which I don’t have yet. Should I invest in Prince2\agile project management before I start approaching? Am I too old in early 40s?

Talking to my DP about this thread this morning. He just sent me this;

"Here is a really good example of why I don't like SAFe. This is just one page out of hundreds on their website...on the subject of organizational agility. See how far you get before you are totally asleep :)"

www.scaledagileframework.com/organizational-agility/

I agree with PP about SAFe, it’s becoming less popular and it helps to have an understanding of Scrum before you start doing it. Other people have mentioned getting experience and I’d agree that is key. So many people have done the course, very few have actually worked it (properly). Look around your current workplace and see if there are any projects that could use scrum or kanban then you can learn in a safe space and go for a career change when you feel ready