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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: 0.204s | 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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1. HardCodedBias ◴[27 Aug 25 23:16 UTC] No.45046469[source]▶
TLM role was both the best and worst role in tech.

Best in that the TLM generally has complete control over the product execution (and can commonly bulldoze the PM). It's amazing if you have a solid vision of what you want and you want to get it done.

Worst in that the workload can be intense as the team grows.