Hello ,

I have joined this forum today itself.

I am very much confused and worried regarding my career growth path.

I have around 9 yrs of experience in IT . I have been into support profile throughout these years . I dont have development experience . 

And in this field , promotions are very slow and i dont know when will i become a manager and will get project management experience which is nill till now.

Thinking about future makes me feel worried . I can see only dark.

I think i have potential to become a good PM one day ( dont know when in real )

I myself ( on my own expenses ) have attended classroom pmp training 4 months back and i think i can make it . Due to some personal issues i cudnt study .

Now i have time and i think i can restart preparing .

Thanks for bearing with me and reading till this point ( sorry but this was must ) 

Now confusions :

1) i dont have any pm experience honestly . Should i stop here and dont go for pmp ? Then how will i grow in my career ?

2) does that mean if i dont become a pm and dont have pm eexperience , i cant for pmp ?specially when i think i have calibre to be pmp certified and i love pmbok :-) . 

3) should i go for capm instead ? But capm is not that popular and accepted. Then i am not at all convinced spending precious time and hard earned money over it alongwith my 9-9 hectic job .

Please guide me . Having prior pm experience making me feel stuck to go for pmp .

I want to move up on my career ladder and prove my worth . I dont see better career growth prospects in my current work profile otherwise. 

Cant it be other way around ? : get pmp ccertification and ask my manager to give me some managerial role and then i will have pm experience . 

Please guide me! Much needed !

Thank you so much for your time .