scrubbedexpat099

Leaves?

There is a snow blizzard outside, not that cold but the wind......

petitefrancaise

Boiler, I'd swap location with you in an instant....

Pulaski

We had a little ground frost a few days ago, but since then overnight lows have been back in the mid 40's - low 50's. Tonight the forecast low is 64°. Frost is forecast again this weekend and next week.

scrubbedexpat099

Thursday we should get back above freezing at some point.

tom169

The only simple route I could think of is either go back to your routes and go into some form of LAMP role - a lot of vacancies I've seen (probably the majority) don't require a degree and instead value solid commercial experience.

Or join a start up as a developer and take on / move to a PM role.

Tootsfromscotland

Still no snow here in Longmont Boiler my daughter was very disappointed not to get her very first school closure snow day !
I was driving down Arvada way today though for work and low and behold...lots of snow

scrubbedexpat099

Snow has now gone.

jenninedinburgh

My husband and I are both dual citizens and have been thinking about moving to the USA for quite some time now. He works in IT and was on the phone with the CEO of a small firm in Dallas a couple of weeks ago. The guy told him the market in Dallas is very tough for employers - in the sense that there aren't nearly enough skilled people for the demand and that people jump ship all the time for better offers. So I'd definitely look at Dallas.

Charlotte and Raleigh are also good in terms of weather and COL. We've looked at these two cities in depth and there seem to be plenty of jobs in both. Fidelity has a strong presence in Cary, NC (which is a suburb of Raleigh).

ETA: I agree with what several have indicated about the importance of a degree - and therefore would also suggest, at least initially, focusing on your technical skills. I say this as your competition for PM roles will be fierce, not least because there are loads of PMs who don't know much about IT doing PM roles. So you're not only competing with those who actually know something about IT, you are competing with people who don't (I know, because I was one at one point in time in the US) - and those PMs not only have a bachelor's degree, but in many cases they have an MBA.

Good luck.

mrken30

And in the US academic qualifications are more important than technical ability to a lot of employers.

I struggle a lot, because I only got an HND with multiple distinctions instead of a degree. In the UK it made very little difference. I have multiple industry qualifications but many employers would prefer a degree than an industry qualification.
My current employer did check with my UK university and I was surprised they had records of my diploma.

Bob

And this shows the importance of networking and being able to get around HR as the "no" gateway. Definitely who you know helps big time.

celticgrid

Re. qualifications and the role of project manager...

If you don't being a degree to the table you are, as has been said, at a disadvantage.

You are also further disadvantaged if you don't being one or two certifications along. Primarily the job process (as far as IT project managers are concerned) is going to be looking for the PMP certification. If you want to show Agile certification then you should look into that too. There are a number of options - I would say that none of them are regarded as a de facto standard like the PMP is, but it would certainly help your search.

The US loves bits of paper, whether academic or professional based!