re: Project Management Professional Accreditation

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I work for Shell and in no way shape or form did he get a 25% increase in salary.

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This seems about right to me.

I worked at Shell, not for Shell for years in an IT capacity - Shell (and many companies) generally contract IT employees. This is the same if you're a PM, you will be 3 of 4 times contracted to be a PM.

I will say the PMP is probably worth it in regards to initial salary you will command. Some employers see PMP and salivate. The issue is I think those times are closing. The market is saturated with incompetent PMs that rely on their PMP cert to get jobs. They end up working crazy hours just to try to maintain their projects. And again, in my experience, they are clueless.

A good PM doesn't necessarily have or not have a PMP. But I've personally been in many situations in which a PMP has no idea what his/her resources are responsible for. It's just Jane Doe, PMP.