Its like a full time job

I am working at a client with another PM who recently received his PMP. We always joke about something he said to me a while back. One day he looked at me and said, "This PM thing is like a full time job". For most of us who have been PMs for a while we can appreciate this comment. The truth is that project management never ends or lets up. From start to finish the PM has to be on top of their game. This includes planning for contigencies. To me the sign of a really good PM is one who not only plans the project well but plans the contigencies equally well.