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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.

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.

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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