IT Project management

sunnyseasider

Hello,

First time posting so go easy. I am currently working in the Investment banking area as a software engineer. I graduated three years ago and for the first two years worked witha startup doing alot of coding and client facing work kind of jack of all trades.

For the last year with this company(Risk management software) feel I am moving further away from hard core programming and doing mainly project management, client facing,third line support. Anyway just wondering has anyone out there moved down this route vs technical arhitectr route?

Afraid that I am setting myself up for a career in the city, don't know how tranferable these skills will be if I want to go back home/ relocate to more rural part of Ireland.

thanks for any comments

damnyanks

Ah yes one of those lovely jobs that don't really exist

I did that

In fairness it's not as doom and gloom as you think at the time. You pick up a lot of skills, just not technical ones. As far as architecture goes, usually they don't do coding either its pretty much just PM and consultation type things.

It really depends on how rural a place you want to move too. At the end of the day you are picking up valueable experience. The only problem you may hit is if you remain in the financial industry for a long period, future employers from different industries may not want you