Amanda Said:

Career Path - Software development vs Project Management?

We Answered:

they are both good jobs-salary depends on a number of variables.

SW dev jobs are more abundant, so easier to get. I would suggest you start there-the skills and knowledge you build are directly transferrable to a PM job.

Maureen Said:

Development management - what is it?

We Answered:

Development management is usually the term used for managing initiatives in developing countries (Africa, parts of Asia, parts of Latin America, etc.), as in development relating to human development, community development, institutional development, environmental development, country development, etc. The goals of such development are things like raising the overall literacy rate, reducing the rate of HIV/AIDS infection, increasing the number of young people in employment, etc. People working in development management are particularly concerned with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs):
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

It is NOT easy to get jobs in development management. Most jobs require at least a Master's Degree, as well as a great deal of on-the-job experience.

The USA doesn't really use this term, and doesn't really have this concept. As one person posted, they do have urban planners, who are concerned with cities. They also have business development professionals, who are concerned with developing a particular neighborhood of a city or region regarding businesses (getting large companies to move there, for instance, or cultivating small businesses, or turning a former rural tract into business area). They also have people concerned with community development, addressing issues regarding safety, environment, quality of life, etc.

Ruth Said:

What does Self-Management means? Why Self-Management is important in buisness and career development?

We Answered:

To self manage means that you will get the job duties and perform them satisfactorily without supervision.

Simple example.. They hand you a mountain of filing. You can both sort out which filing cabinet what goes into and you will stay with that task until it is completed. Of course breaks are permitted. But the idea is you don't just stop the project out of boredom, lack of confidence in what you are doing, or just loose your own momentum.

Some people are terrific at self management and many are not. People who are become very valueable very quickly.

Best of luck.