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I am a Project Manager

I am a Project Manager and I love my job… I am a project Manager and I love doing my work!

I am nothing more but a Project Manager amongst many others. I got married to my work (not job) after a great love story which started from early childhood (coming soon).

I started my career as a Software Developer in the late 90s, then held many positions in the field of Software Development, some were promotions and some were kind of additional assignments due to my performance. Among the positions I held are Developer, Team Leader, Project Manager, Project Leader, Senior Project Manager, Senior Project Leader, Program Manager, Business Analyst… though I was dreaming about becoming an Architect! But seriously the job I loved the most is Project Management.

The things I hated the most in my early years were politics and economics/finance, which both became the core of my daily work for some years now!

94% of my experience was built by working in Software Houses as a vendor/provider and the other 6% were built upon working in the IT department of a telecommunications firm. These percentages are based on the duration I spent in each side and not on the weight of the experience I gained.

P.S. I am not Project Management certified, I don’t tweet and I don’t have a Facebook account!

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Unknown said…
please tell us your twitter account
April 11, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Mena M. Eissa said…
Sure, but just read the blog again!
April 11, 2011 at 12:55 PM
Ahmed Fikry said…
You should write a book :))
September 4, 2014 at 4:18 PM
Mena M. Eissa said…
Thanks, I hope I can do it soon en sha2a Allah :)
September 7, 2014 at 2:04 PM
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