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A software engineer can rise to Principal, to a Distinguished Engineer or a CTO and stay technical. A manager can of course become everything from a director t
by deanCommie 10y ago
A software engineer can rise to Principal, to a Distinguished Engineer or a CTO and stay technical.
A manager can of course become everything from a director to a CEO.
But what's a director-level-or-above equivalent for a Product Manager?
- humanrebar 10y agoMost companies I've worked for don't distinguish that much between "manager" and "product manager", so maybe that's part of the confusion.
- nigelk 10y agoVP of Product Director of Product These titles both exist...
- deanCommie 10y agoDirectors of Product and VPs of products are no different than Directors of Software Development and VP of Software Development. Directors and VPs are on the management hierarchy.
- bonniemuffin 10y agoThere's a Director of Product and a VP of Product where I work. PMs seem to have a fulfilling and rewarding career path in big tech companies from what I see.
- pacaro 10y agoWhile PM at Microsoft is a slightly (or extremely YMMV) different rôle, a lot of people who are GMa (General Manager) and higher used to be PMs