<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://sumokmax-proj.github.io/pm-from-scratch/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://sumokmax-proj.github.io/pm-from-scratch/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-04-08T01:39:51+00:00</updated><id>https://sumokmax-proj.github.io/pm-from-scratch/feed.xml</id><title type="html">PM From Scratch</title><subtitle>주니어 PM의 솔직한 성장 노트</subtitle><author><name>sumokmax-proj</name></author><entry xml:lang="en"><title type="html">From Not Knowing What a PM Was to Getting PMP Certified — Starting PM From Scratch</title><link href="https://sumokmax-proj.github.io/pm-from-scratch/en/2026/03/25/welcome/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="From Not Knowing What a PM Was to Getting PMP Certified — Starting PM From Scratch" /><published>2026-03-25T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-25T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://sumokmax-proj.github.io/pm-from-scratch/en/2026/03/25/welcome</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://sumokmax-proj.github.io/pm-from-scratch/en/2026/03/25/welcome/"><![CDATA[<p>Honestly, I had no idea what a PM was when I started doing this job.</p>

<h2 id="i-wasnt-even-a-pm-at-first">I Wasn’t Even a PM at First</h2>

<p>When I joined a global company, my title was <strong>Bridge Software</strong> — a role that connected technical communication between headquarters and local teams. Then one day, without much fanfare, the word “PM” quietly appeared on my business card.</p>

<p>Nobody explained it to me. No formal transition, no training. Projects just started landing on my desk, and somehow they were mine to manage.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>“PM? That’s just… scheduling meetings and tracking timelines, right?”</p>
</blockquote>

<p>That’s genuinely what I thought back then.</p>

<h2 id="no-mentor-no-map">No Mentor, No Map</h2>

<p>The hardest part wasn’t the work itself. It was that <strong>nobody showed me how</strong>.</p>

<p>I wasn’t a developer. Not a designer. Not a QA engineer. I was a PM — and I had no idea what “doing PM well” even looked like. There was no benchmark, no senior to shadow, no one to tell me if I was on the right track.</p>

<ul>
  <li>How do you figure out what stakeholders actually want?</li>
  <li>How do you mediate between dev teams and business teams?</li>
  <li>How do you report schedule delays without everything blowing up?</li>
</ul>

<p>I had to figure it all out by bumping into walls. Every single time.</p>

<p>Honestly? <strong>There were moments I seriously wanted to quit.</strong> Not just once or twice — more than I’d like to admit.</p>

<h2 id="three-years-later">Three Years Later</h2>

<p>Somehow, I held on. Three years have passed. Last year, I went for the PMP certification and passed.</p>

<p>But I’m not going to pretend I’ve figured it all out. I still struggle. I still make mistakes. Theory and practice are always different in this job — that gap never fully closes.</p>

<p>Some things get easier with time. Some things stay hard no matter how long you’ve been doing it. I think that’s just the nature of PM work.</p>

<p>What has changed is this:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>I actually want to keep doing this.</strong></p>
</blockquote>

<p>That feeling of wanting to run away has slowly turned into wanting to keep showing up and figuring it out.</p>

<h2 id="why-im-starting-this-blog">Why I’m Starting This Blog</h2>

<p>When I looked for PM resources in Korean, I kept running into the same problem: either there wasn’t much, or what existed was too theoretical, or it was written from the perspective of someone who’d already figured everything out.</p>

<p>I wanted to write for <strong>people who feel as lost as I used to</strong>.</p>

<p>The me who didn’t know what a PM was. The me who learned everything alone, without a mentor. The me who wanted to quit.</p>

<p>And the me now — three years in, still learning, still sometimes confused.</p>

<p>If you’re reading this and any of that sounds familiar, I want you to know: <strong>there’s someone here who gets it.</strong> I hope that’s worth something.</p>

<hr />

<h2 id="what-ill-be-writing-about">What I’ll Be Writing About</h2>

<p><strong>📚 PM Fundamentals</strong> — PMBOK concepts, especially the parts I found confusing<br />
<strong>📄 Documentation</strong> — Project Charters, WBS, Risk Registers, Status Reports<br />
<strong>👥 Team Management</strong> — Kickoff meetings, conflict resolution, motivation<br />
<strong>🤝 Stakeholders</strong> — Stakeholder analysis, handling difficult clients</p>

<p>I’ll also tag each post with PDU info. You can track accumulated hours on the <a href="/pm-from-scratch/en/pdu/">PDU Tracker</a> page.</p>

<hr />

<p>If you’re going through the same questions — glad you’re here. Let’s figure it out together. 💪</p>]]></content><author><name>sumokmax-proj</name></author><category term="fundamentals" /><category term="introduction" /><category term="PMP" /><category term="junior-pm" /><category term="career" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The story of going from Bridge Software — with no idea what a PM was — to suddenly being handed the PM title and a pile of projects. The moments I wanted to quit, and why I kept going anyway.]]></summary></entry><entry xml:lang="ko"><title type="html">PM이 뭔지도 모르던 내가 PMP까지 — PM From Scratch를 시작하며</title><link href="https://sumokmax-proj.github.io/pm-from-scratch/ko/2026/03/25/welcome/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="PM이 뭔지도 모르던 내가 PMP까지 — PM From Scratch를 시작하며" /><published>2026-03-25T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-25T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://sumokmax-proj.github.io/pm-from-scratch/ko/2026/03/25/welcome</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://sumokmax-proj.github.io/pm-from-scratch/ko/2026/03/25/welcome/"><![CDATA[<p>사실 저는 PM이 뭔지도 모르고 이 일을 시작했습니다.</p>

<h2 id="처음엔-pm이-아니었어요">처음엔 PM이 아니었어요</h2>

<p>글로벌 컴퍼니에 입사할 때 제 직무는 <strong>Bridge Software</strong>였어요. 본사와 현지 팀 사이의 기술적 소통을 잇는 역할이었는데, 어느 날부턴가 제 명함에 슬그머니 ‘PM’이라는 타이틀이 붙기 시작했습니다.</p>

<p>누가 따로 설명해준 것도 없었어요. 그냥 어느 날부터 프로젝트 관리 업무가 제 것이 되어 있었습니다.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>“PM이요? 그거… 회의 잡고 일정 관리하면 되는 거 아닌가요?”</p>
</blockquote>

<p>당시의 저는 그렇게 생각했습니다.</p>

<h2 id="사수도-없고-길도-없고">사수도 없고, 길도 없고</h2>

<p>가장 힘들었던 건 <strong>아무도 가르쳐주지 않는다</strong>는 거였어요.</p>

<p>개발자도 아니고, 디자이너도 아니고, 테스터도 아닌 PM이라는 포지션이 너무 막연했습니다. 뭘 잘해야 잘하는 건지, 내가 지금 제대로 하고 있는 건지조차 판단할 기준이 없었어요.</p>

<ul>
  <li>스테이크홀더가 원하는 게 뭔지 파악하는 법</li>
  <li>개발팀과 비즈니스팀 사이에서 어떻게 중재해야 하는지</li>
  <li>일정이 밀렸을 때 어떻게 보고해야 하는지</li>
</ul>

<p>이런 것들을 그 누구도 알려주지 않았고, 저는 매번 혼자 부딪혀가며 배울 수밖에 없었습니다.</p>

<p>솔직히 말하면, <strong>PM 업무에서 도망가고 싶던 적도 있었어요.</strong> 한두 번이 아니라 꽤 여러 번.</p>

<h2 id="3년이-지난-지금">3년이 지난 지금</h2>

<p>그래도 어떻게든 버티다 보니 3년이 됐어요. 작년에는 PMP 자격증에도 도전했고, 다행히 취득했습니다.</p>

<p>그렇다고 지금의 제가 PM에 완전히 숙달됐다고는 절대 말 못 해요. 여전히 어렵고, 여전히 실수하고, 이론으로 배운 것과 실제 현장은 언제나 다릅니다.</p>

<p>시간이 지나면서 익숙해진 것들도 있고, 시간이 지나도 여전히 어려운 것들도 있어요. 그게 PM 업무인 것 같습니다.</p>

<p>그래도 한 가지는 확실해졌어요.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>적어도 이 일을 계속 해보고 싶다는 생각.</strong></p>
</blockquote>

<p>도망치고 싶었던 그 마음이, 이제는 부딪혀보고 싶다는 마음으로 바뀌었습니다.</p>

<h2 id="이-블로그를-시작하는-이유">이 블로그를 시작하는 이유</h2>

<p>PM 공부를 하다 보면 한국어 자료가 너무 부족하다는 걸 느껴요. 있어도 너무 이론적이거나, 이미 잘하는 사람의 시선으로 쓰인 글들이 대부분이에요.</p>

<p>저는 <strong>초보 시절의 저처럼 막막한 사람</strong>들에게 말을 걸고 싶어서 이 블로그를 시작했습니다.</p>

<p>PM이 뭔지 몰랐던 나, 사수 없이 혼자 부딪혔던 나, 도망가고 싶었던 나.</p>

<p>그리고 지금, 3년이 지나도 여전히 배우는 중인 나.</p>

<p>이런 저와 비슷한 고민을 가진 분이 있다면, 여기 <strong>같은 사람이 있다</strong>는 걸 알아주셨으면 해요. 그게 작은 동기부여가 되길 바랍니다.</p>

<hr />

<h2 id="앞으로-이런-내용을-다룰-예정이에요">앞으로 이런 내용을 다룰 예정이에요</h2>

<p><strong>📚 PM 기초</strong> — PMBOK 개념들, 제가 헷갈렸던 부분 위주로<br />
<strong>📄 관리 문서</strong> — 프로젝트 헌장, WBS, 리스크 레지스터, 상태 보고서<br />
<strong>👥 팀 관리</strong> — 킥오프 미팅, 갈등 해결, 동기부여<br />
<strong>🤝 스테이크홀더</strong> — 이해관계자 분석, 어려운 고객 대응법</p>

<p>각 글마다 PDU 정보도 표기할 거예요. PMI <a href="/pm-from-scratch/ko/pdu/">PDU 트래커</a>에서 누적 시간을 함께 확인할 수 있습니다.</p>

<hr />

<p>같은 고민을 하고 계신 분, 반갑습니다. 함께 성장해요. 💪</p>]]></content><author><name>sumokmax-proj</name></author><category term="fundamentals" /><category term="소개" /><category term="PMP" /><category term="주니어PM" /><category term="커리어" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[PM이 무엇인지도 모르던 Bridge Software 직무에서 어느 날 갑자기 PM 타이틀을 받은 이야기. 도망치고 싶었던 순간들, 그리고 그럼에도 계속하게 된 이유.]]></summary></entry></feed>