u/karholme

Curious if anyone here transitioned out of Project/Program Management into another field where your skills still transferred well.

I currently work in program/project management in the federal space (past several years) and make very good money, but I’m realizing I don’t think I enjoy the constant stakeholder management, meetings, follow-ups, and herding cats aspect of the job anymore, like at all.

I’m trying to figure out:

-what other careers former PMs successfully pivot into?

-what roles still leverage PM experience without the nonstop coordination fatigue?

Most of my experience has been in business transformation, mainly within the healthcare space so some positions are enterprise wide across the nation at different entities. Feel like sometimes I’m just surviving my day to day. I’m good at what I do, but sometimes I don’t feel it’s worth the massive headache.

Curious if anyone here transitioned out of Project/Program Management into another field where your skills still transferred well.

I currently work in program/project management in the federal space (past several years) and make very good money, but I’m realizing I don’t think I enjoy the constant stakeholder management, meetings, follow-ups, and herding cats aspect of the job anymore, like at all.

I’m trying to figure out:

-what other careers former PMs successfully pivot into?

-what roles still leverage PM experience without the nonstop coordination fatigue?

Most of my experience has been in business transformation, mainly within the healthcare space so some positions are enterprise wide across the nation at different entities. Feel like sometimes I’m just surviving my day to day. I’m good at what I do, but sometimes I don’t feel it’s worth the massive headache.

I am considering Nuc Med as a mid-career switch and wanted honest opinions from people already in the field.

Currently work in Healthcare IT/Project Management making around $120k, LCOL & remote (high stress job 60-70hrs/wk), but after 2 layoffs in 2 years, I’ve started questioning long-term stability in tech & corporate roles. I’m prior Air Force vet as a 4N0 med tech and always had interest in the clinical side of healthcare. I luckily landed another role, but this is after 6 months & 300+ applications with barely any call backs.

Nuc med interests me because it seems more specialized/technical and I have a friend who jumped from Pharmacy tech and says he loves it. Also, my brother in law almost switched over to Nuc Med in the military from radiology but decided to discharge instead, but he was highly interested in it which led to my interest.

For those in nuclear medicine:

Was it worth it?

How is the job market realistically? And yes, I’m okay moving. Currently in Alabama

Do you feel the field has good long-term stability?

If you could do it over again, would you still choose nuc med or another clinical/imaging path instead?

Not looking for sugarcoating, just real perspectives.

I’ve been going down the rabbit hole on radiation careers and wanted some honest input from people actually in the field. As a health physicist I basically make sure radiation exposure stays safe for people and the environment. I have an AAS in Nuclear engineering technology and BS in radiation health physics. Also have a certificate in cancer biology. I’m trying to figure out if this path makes sense because I’m highly interested in this field. I honestly wanted to go the rad therapy route but the 2 yr commitment clinically seemed not ideal vs 15-18 month Dosimetry program.

1. Has anyone gotten in a dosimetry program without a clinical background?
2. Is a masters worth it or does it have no weight over a certificate?
3. And hiring reality, I understand folks will more than likely have to move out of their city/state. That’s ok with me, but is this field becoming over saturated and do employers tend to hire Rad Therapist instead?

Thanks in advance