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Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year

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574 points frays | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 21:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | source
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AnotherGoodName ◴[27 Aug 25 22:01 UTC] No.45045883[source]▶
This was called the TLM role at google. Technical Lead/Manager. You were expected to code and manage a couple of more junior engineers.

It’s part of an effort to have dedicated managers and dedicated engineers instead of hybrid roles.

This is being sold as an efficiency win for the sake of the stock price but it’s really just moved a few people around with the TLMs now 100% focused on programming.

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giantg2 ◴[27 Aug 25 22:33 UTC] No.45046165[source]▶
We did something like this but called it a different name. It was absolute garbage. Its really no surprise to see those roles move back to a more traditional alignment.
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p1esk ◴[27 Aug 25 22:36 UTC] No.45046185[source]▶
Why was it bad?
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1. prinny_ ◴[27 Aug 25 22:47 UTC] No.45046270[source]▶
It’s the only point in one’s career where you’re expected to do both programming and managing and it’s hard to do both at the same time and at a good level.