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CAREER PATHS
Technical Program Management: A Career Path You Haven’t Probably Considered
A perspective on alternative career paths — exploring how experienced developers and architects can leverage their technical expertise in a role that lets you keep using technical skills while playing a coordinating role that bridges engineering and business outcomes.
If you have been reading my previous articles, you will know I typically focus on technical topics like Python and AI applications. One topic I haven’t really written about is mentoring. This is an area where I invest a fair amount of time. Particularly so in guiding experienced colleagues currently working in developer and architect roles through career transitions.
To be able to provide meaningful advise, I regularly talk to people in surrounding roles such as Business Analysts, Product Consultants, Solution Architects, etc. This also helps my own understanding of — what is it exactly that they do, how they do it and how they got to doing it. This article came together almost by itself out of one such discussion.
It all began when I met Paula — a Technical Programme Manager (TPM) at a fintech scale-up. Through several conversations with her, I discovered how the role blends technical depth with strategic coordination — a path many developers and…
