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I work with an IT services major as service delivery manager (senior project manager designation). I have an offer from Oracle for consulting manager role - in Oracle terms -IC6 (they will be mapping to M2). I am getting 28% hike from current CTC. Salary is fine, but no idea in the level/grade . Can ...

Pals, I have been contacted by Manhattan associates, ACS (Xerorx) and Oracle for a program manager position in Bangalore. I am just 1 year in the city and haven't been in Indian job market since 2000. Currently I am into IT Services and looking for opportunities in Product/captive organizations in ...

Pals, Any Delivery Managers here? I want to know what a DM typical day is! In last 3 months in DM role, I feel I have become an admin guy reading hundreds of emails, approving time sheets, and trying to avoid escalations. There are many fat a..ses around and the only job is to escalate (offshore to ...

Hi Pals, I was a technical guy (Java) and as part of services industry (11+), got transitioned to delivery manager role. Some how the day to day activities are not challenging, rather they are more political which eats up lot of energy. I feel there are lot of DM profiles out in market and soon it ...

Pals,

Just wanted to know how many of our friends here has diversified / changed their careers from IT (back in India)

Please share experiences.

Thanks rajram123, yes was into project/program management directly interacting with BU/Functional PM, IT PM, Architects and was really hands on. I really enjoyed that role.You have pin pointed all issues in DM roles..it is an admin job and delivery manager role is something aspired by folks in ...

Pals, My experience were all related to Project Management and recently being a long timer in services company, I have been assigned the Delivery Manager role for a customer account. It is only last one month, but I am not able to scale up :( . Primarily my thought process is not considering impacts ...

Thanks all. In general my concern is also on the working hours back in India. My counter parts back home work almost 16 hours. So was thinking on getting into public sector instead of private MNCs. 1. Any age restrictions in Public sector/banks , I am above 30. 2. How about HAL ? I see some openings ...

Hi Pals,

Have any one considered public sector IT jobs (banks, govt etc) after IT experience in private/outsourcing companies?

Please jot in your thoughts..

Thx in advance

Thanks a lot. My buddy was working with services (satyam) and moved to a prod company (in US) during satyam melt down. He is R2I in May 2011. This offer is from Cognizant , Pune :-( . He wanted to be in Services. How much he can look for?