Which have you found to be more valuable in your career, and why: practical experience or theoretical knowledge?

Eric Simms Senior Program Manager Baltimore, Maryland, United States

I’ve found practical experience to be far more beneficial. I was performing project management tasks long before I realized Project Management was a formal practice. When I finally studied project management theory, I found that while it was sometimes very helpful, it often bore no resemblance to real life. I imagine I would have had a much harder time as a Project Manager if I had learned lots of project management theory first, then had most of those lofty ideals smashed against the shoals of reality.

Posted: Mar 24, 2017 10:43 AM

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Which have you found to be more valuable in your career, and why: practical experience or theoretical knowledge?

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