Then what are other avenues available for EMs to go to US from Canada?
Many people do it. You just ask them to write you a job description as a software engineer or computer systems analyst, and describe that over 75 percent of your time is deeply focused on technical subject matters. Don't mention you're primarily managing at the border. And you'll be fine.
Great thank you so much for the help. is this an easy ask from the company? would they be comfortable doing it generally or I need to discuss this ahead of time? How does the process normally work? Any help would be appreciated
Your attorneys write the petition but generally know shit and are incompetent. Tell them you will write the petition yourself and get them to check it for you. In your petition, make your job description sound as technical as you can, detailing your responsibilities and how it would take up majority of your time. Companies are usually okay with it. The smaller the company, the less they care
Related question, can PMs qualify for TN?
all my canadian friends who came to microsoft as PM’s came in as computer systems analyst category
If you like pain
aren’t you already at amazon? just ask them to file L1 for you
I don’t think so. Related to software engineering there are only 2 roles: software engineer and computer analyst