ᐅ Continuing education for architects, fully qualified lawyers,...
Created on: 21 Mar 2021 07:31
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Seven1984
Hello everyone,
I would like to hear the forum’s opinion.
I am 36 years old, have one child (6 years old), and although I am fairly well established professionally, I am very dissatisfied. I am a trained IT specialist and studied business informatics (bachelor’s degree) alongside a full-time job. My career steadily progressed. At its peak, I was an IT project manager responsible for an 8 million budget and 70 project team members spread across Europe and Russia. My then superior’s manager wanted to promote me into middle management. I work for a DAX 30 company. That didn’t happen back then, probably partly my fault. I think I also reached my personal limit at that level. That was about 1.5 years ago.
Currently, I have a job that allows me to build my house on the side, which hopefully will be finished at some point ;-) However, it is not satisfying at all, and I no longer really enjoy working in IT. I also expect to be offered a severance package in the next few years (standard procedure in large companies), so I will face the question of what to do next at the latest then. Since I like to take a proactive approach, I am not waiting that long.
IT is no longer an option for me, and I am now exploring long-term alternatives. After all, I plan to live for at least another 50 years, so in my opinion, it’s still worthwhile ;-)
As a child, I had two other career wishes: architect or fully qualified lawyer. Regarding architecture, I could imagine working as a technical expert or construction manager. As a construction manager, my project management skills would probably help, but I would likely have to be self-employed or work for another large corporation. Smaller firms tend to prefer, I think, master bricklayers or craftsmen with stronger hands-on skills. I have no reservations about self-employment but would need to clearly understand my added value and target market if I decide to go that route ;-)
As an architect, I would probably enjoy tasks related to obtaining building permits / planning permission, but I am not sure if I would be good at detailed design work yet ;-)
As a fully qualified lawyer, I would typically plan on working independently. I won’t elaborate on that here since this is not a legal forum.
I have not discussed this much with my personal circle besides my partner...
If you have alternative ideas or suggestions different from mine, feel free to share.
Regards
I would like to hear the forum’s opinion.
I am 36 years old, have one child (6 years old), and although I am fairly well established professionally, I am very dissatisfied. I am a trained IT specialist and studied business informatics (bachelor’s degree) alongside a full-time job. My career steadily progressed. At its peak, I was an IT project manager responsible for an 8 million budget and 70 project team members spread across Europe and Russia. My then superior’s manager wanted to promote me into middle management. I work for a DAX 30 company. That didn’t happen back then, probably partly my fault. I think I also reached my personal limit at that level. That was about 1.5 years ago.
Currently, I have a job that allows me to build my house on the side, which hopefully will be finished at some point ;-) However, it is not satisfying at all, and I no longer really enjoy working in IT. I also expect to be offered a severance package in the next few years (standard procedure in large companies), so I will face the question of what to do next at the latest then. Since I like to take a proactive approach, I am not waiting that long.
IT is no longer an option for me, and I am now exploring long-term alternatives. After all, I plan to live for at least another 50 years, so in my opinion, it’s still worthwhile ;-)
As a child, I had two other career wishes: architect or fully qualified lawyer. Regarding architecture, I could imagine working as a technical expert or construction manager. As a construction manager, my project management skills would probably help, but I would likely have to be self-employed or work for another large corporation. Smaller firms tend to prefer, I think, master bricklayers or craftsmen with stronger hands-on skills. I have no reservations about self-employment but would need to clearly understand my added value and target market if I decide to go that route ;-)
As an architect, I would probably enjoy tasks related to obtaining building permits / planning permission, but I am not sure if I would be good at detailed design work yet ;-)
As a fully qualified lawyer, I would typically plan on working independently. I won’t elaborate on that here since this is not a legal forum.
I have not discussed this much with my personal circle besides my partner...
If you have alternative ideas or suggestions different from mine, feel free to share.
Regards
Schimi179123 Mar 2021 16:03hampshire schrieb:
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and a compensation model for that.
...For every post that receives a "like," for example, 5 euros. A "love" counts as 10 euros ...hampshire schrieb:
You have many good and well-thought-out ideas here – for you, we would probably have to come up with a professional title and a compensation model. The consulting benefit is easy to communicate and helps homeowners make better decisions. A side job done yourself. Hehe... in real life, I probably wouldn’t be interested in helping clients realize their dreams of a mainstream city villa. I’d rather just enjoy this as a pastime here, like Katja did. If someone likes it, then it has accomplished something.