For anyone who is or has been a technical program manager, how did you break into it? I’ve been trying to get cyber TPM roles for a while now with zero luck.

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I was a TPM at Msft. It was a contract role. I think it’s much easier to get these roles that way. Big disadvantage is that you can’t stay more than 18 months on contract. One of my colleagues though did leave, join another tech company on contract and then join back in a permanent role.

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Same, I am currently working with a few technical program managers at my client and want to do the PM job I'm doing for them full time.

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