I agree w/ you broadly but I want to add a counterpoint that a great PM/TPM is worth their weight in gold.
We lost one on our team and immediately we were worse off. Having someone who can unblock engineers by making and updating trackers, knowing who to talk to to get projects unblocked, and having a larger view of things sped us up so much. (Which I'm sure is why he got ferreted away to a very important project for the company ;)
We lost one on our team and immediately we were worse off. Having someone who can unblock engineers by making and updating trackers, knowing who to talk to to get projects unblocked, and having a larger view of things sped us up so much. (Which I'm sure is why he got ferreted away to a very important project for the company ;)