Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributors or Leave

Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by coolbreezetft22 on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @03:30PM (#34699038)

Aren't Product Managers & TPMs considered ICs? They don't have direct reports but aren't writing code either. I imagine this will be a more common option for these Engineering Managers who are managing other managers

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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by 121789 on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @03:48PM (#34699345)

It’s the same structure for PMs (ICs and managers of PMs). In general I’ve noticed PM managers spend more time in IC type of work than EMs

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Re:Meta to Ask Many Managers to Become Individual Contributo... by neosat on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @03:50PM (#34699377)

Product Manager can refer to an individual contributor IC or someone who also manages other Product Managers (and sometimes even adjacent functions) e.g. a Group Product Manager. The titles are not very standard though. Many of these roles are hybrid as well. For example, a Product manager who will be responsible for a Product portfolio and some products in that portfolio as an IC, while managing/supporting the work of PMs working on other products in that portfolio.

Same for TPMs. They can be ICs or managing other TPMs.

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