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TPM at Amazon is a very high bar, and usually requires a technical background. I have one old coworker who got it, and didn't make it very long, saying it was too challenging.

I've never seen someone on the TPM ladder directly manage SWEs at google. Microsoft is different, the whole place is a shit show.

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The L6 TPM bar at amazon is way below the L6 SDE/SDM bar. Its not even close

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.

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.

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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