<p>Guys I need answers:
Are management position equivalent to project manager for a software engineer, available for network engineers?
If u take network engineering does it mean you will have do pure technical work for rest of your life and just remain an engineer?
Thanks.</p>
<p>bounce
*******s answer :)</p>
<p>To each question in order…</p>
<p>Yes and No.</p>
<p>To be honest I think you will not find as many “project manager” roles in an IT-environment like network engineering. Because you’re working on setting up a system, not developing a product. </p>
<p>But it really depends on the exact job and the company.</p>
<p>A project manager, especially a technical project manager is one who can see the big picture of the whole development effort. It is very common for an I.T. project manager to lead a team consisting of member who do different areas that contribute to the project.</p>
<p>Let me use myself as an example. I have led teams even though my specialized area is databases. Now I can understand the high-level concepts of the Java developers but I do not know the details. I would have the “Java lead” to help me with that. Same goes for networks, same for the Unix/Linux area.</p>
<p>The project manager could be someone who came up through the ranks as an network engineer. He may even “double” as the network lead but he would depend on the other experts on his/her team for support in the other areas (like databases, Java/C++, etc).</p>