Just got curious. I know it varies by the YOE and company, but I have a couple PM friends and their TC is crazy I think. one at yahoo was getting 300k BASE with 3 YOE (BS, MS, brilliant guy graduating 4.0 GPA with CS major at one of the top universities, i can't even imagine the TC... money seems really good, just the company is on downhill.), another one at Bloomberg with about 9 YOE, he's not telling me how much he's making but he says he gets more than what I was offered by Bloomberg(220k TC, 5 YOE) What's the trick? Is this common? Should I consider a new track??? well let's say mine's 220k TC at 5 YOE since I already said it lol
No, they usually don’t make more money.
What is PM? Can PM fire SWE in FB and Amazon?
Yes they do. A good PM who can lead the strategic direction of the product and brings revenue is valued quite a lot. It requires good business, execution skills apart from the Domain and technical know-how of the product
At same level, swe will make more money than pm. But more pms have a chance to get into upper management
No, usually not. They don't make more money and they certainly can't fire a SWE. The PM stock comp at FB is lower than SWE for same level
Really? What is the rough TC comparison for L6 and L7 SWE vs. PM?
This is not something that you can compare directly. There are a lot who make more than software engineer. There are a lot who make equal or less as well. Varies company to company and person to person. Overall PMs (product managers) are at a position where they can easily exhibit greater influence than a software engineer. Not because they are fantastic but that’s how their role is. An average PM can easily get all the limelight from c-suite and hence they have more chances to grow in the corporate ladder quickly.
No.
on average no, probably the same or a little less in big tech companies, but there are exceptions. the job is easier though, so i might switch once software engineering becomes too crowded and the salary goes down (hint hint: a lot of coding bootcamps, not a lot of pm bootcamps)
Yeah, after 4 hours of ping pong everyday, PMing will be cake
To start no, but senior PMs usually make more