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What do you do?

I worked as a technical person in my industry (not maggot ranching, geotechnical engineering) for over 15 years before I got into management. Now, as the CEO (with over 36 years in the business), when I interview young graduates, I'm not eager to hire them if I get the sense that they aspire to be in management in, say, five years (I call them "climbers"). In fields like mine, you gain the respect of the people who work for you by demonstrating that you can do their job at least as well as they can. I doubt that many of our 15- and 20-year professionals could be led effectively by a 27-year-old. We have some up-and-comers in their early thirties, but they have already established themselves as excellent project managers and technical resources.

You might have better luck climbing into management in the financial industries.

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I think a lot of people need to read this again because this goes for a lot of different industries. Just because you have a bachelor's or master's degree does not make you qualified to be a manager right out of the gate.
 
Kind of down on my luck lately but at least I have food on the table. Database Management part time and full time Walmart stock monkey(oh joy!). Just saving up money to be able to support myself with one job that will allow me to have enough time to go through school of some sort(which is still in the air).
 
day job-i manage a cd store in sandy springs

night job-archiving thousands of hours of georgia satellites tapes for possible project next year.

might possibly be opening a cigar shop here in sandy springs. have to do some more research on the market but i think that i would really enjoy it!!!!