I am a Google TAM (Technical Account Manager) - AMA aka Ask Me Anything. I’ve been here over 2 years now and I see a lot of ex-consulting folks like myself being hired into this role. I want to help people to have a realistic expectations coming into this role because I did not.

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How is the work life balance for Google Cloud TAM? Generally, not compared to consulting. How many hours a week would a TAM generally work for and how many times would one end up working on weekends? And is that by choice or general expectation?

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I imagine the main goal is keep X client happy and if they happen to be really extra, you get to pick up the slack unless someone can help.

Hi , Thanks for the help , I work as Technical support engineer at Salesforce India , I'm looking for a TAM role in Europe / US , I have applied multiple times at google worldwide n got rejected . Can you help me get hired ? . Maybe we can connect.
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How much do TAMs make at Google? At 220K TC here and trying to see if that’s the cap for TAMs

See my post above

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Is it part of CE team and which different teams do you work closely with?

CE = customer engineer. They are pre-sales engineers. They are part of the Sales Org

What specific skills sets did you have prior to joining Google that aligned with what you do?

Could you please point me to some of those study materials?

What’s your work location and how’s GCP culture?

I won’t reveal work location because that can doxx me, sorry. GCP culture is still fairly “Googley” but definitely isn’t as chill as the rest of Google

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I'm joining as a GCP TAM in a few weeks. Any tips for a successful onboarding/ramp up?

Hi! I have an upcoming GCP TAM interview, could I please send you a message?

What’s comp like for the role?

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I joined as L4 GCP TAM recently. Jelly of your L5 TC. Only at $220K 🙁

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How often are you doing “technical” work?

What to expect in GCA?

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