How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer

Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by VirusNewbie on Thursday November 02, 2023 @01:50PM (#38117424)

If you have first hand experience, that's better than my anecdote so I will defer. I was going off of the job descriptions, which basically made it seem like an L6 TPM needed to be both an L6 SDE AND a PM.

Very possible i'm wrong though.

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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by scarface_74 on Thursday November 02, 2023 @02:16PM (#38117805)

I have first hand experience dealing with them from the Professional Services side. Anytime I needed something technical, I would go through back channels to avoid them.

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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by liquidpele on Thursday November 02, 2023 @02:02PM (#38117600)

TPMs are almost universally fluff positions. The amount they make is absurd for what they do. I will die on this hill.

PMs are often the same, although the position can have value if there's clear expectations and enough sales/customer complexity to warrant it.

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