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The first PMP exam was written in 1984. When did you get yours?

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Mike Frenette Manager, IT PMO| Halifax Water (retired) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Forty years. That's right! The PMP has been around for that long! 

I wrote and passed mine twenty years ago. Seems like yesterday, and I can't say enough about how it has helped me in my career. From accidental project manager to professional project manager, and from accidental PMO manager to professional PMO manager (and now credenitaled with the PMO-CP), I have never looked back. Well... okay... that's kind of what I am doing just now. 

But never mind. 

When did you get your PMP, and how has it helped you in your career? 

If you don't have one, when are you writing?
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Verónica Elizabeth Pozo Ruiz RYLAI Access Control Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
I got mine in 2019.
I took a four-hour paper exam.
I studied PMBOK editions and Rita Mulcahy's books; and combined the knowledge obtained with the experience acquired working on projects.
I started as a programmer, then managed projects, and later established and controlled PMOs.
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Francisco Herrera
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Program Manager, PPM&PMO Specialist.| Coppel, Mexico. Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Oct 08, 2024 10:01 PM
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Hi Mike,

I got mine in 2008.

I had wanted to sit for the exam since around 2000 but was so buried in projects that I couldn’t see the light of day. Finally, I had an abrupt end to an international project and had no more excuses, so the company paid for a 1-week prep course, and I took the exam the following week.

George
I also got mine in 2008! Time flies!
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Raman Chadha Manager| Deloitte Millbrae, United States
2016 for me! Still remember studying for it while commuting from home to office and back - it was a 4.5 hours commute for me daily (through the Delhi Metro rail system), and I spent a couple of months preparing for the exam during the otherwise uncomfortable train ride.
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