Place number one is shared between two reasons. These are the least popular answers or the least popular reasons that made people choose project management as their career journey. They are:
“I just kind of ended up here”; and another one… Can you imagine this:
“Good compensation”. Good compensation was one of the least popular answers.
This is not a secret that project management role is one of the most influential and highly paid on projects. Definitely, this depends on the region where you are working. However, should you google it, or go to glassdoor and compare the salaries, project managers are usually over the medium among others in the same industry.
That is why it was really surprising to me that good compensation is not a really popular reason why people choose becoming project managers.
I would not actually focus much on the response that says: “I just kind of ended up here” because this is only one response out of 18. What is more, this might happen in the real life, but is this person really happy with what is going on in his career path?
Just to let you know, I am always for the logical choice of your professional strategy. That is why these kind of responses are a little bit surprising to me. As project managers you are going to plan for other people, so if you are not able to plan for yourself, how are you going to plan for others?