Hi Sharon - Thanks for sharing your story. I always take failure as a first step to the success. At the same time, I want to rethink carefully if this is really what I want to do. Does PMP make me a better project manager? My Engineer/Project manager job will be the same anyway. Does PMP give me 25% pay increase or higher position. None likely to happen in my job. New exam has 50% agile content that means, more studies, more preparation. Since I invested some time and money and came long way, I might give it a try one more time. However, I do not want to burn myself too much, take easy approach and target 3-4 months ahead.
I will post again a note, once I come to a conclusion, may be in 2 weeks.
Take a rest and give a good though- remember benefit cost analysis. It might be best for you to do it.
Thanks
Tilak