Re:Product-building articles by PMs at major tech companies
by hector_vasquez on Thursday January 31, 2019 @08:17PM
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I work at a big company and about half the PMs I work with were developers, myself included (for around 15 years). I have found this to be totally normal both when I was coding all day and now that I'm managing all day. There are no lanes.
Re:Product-building articles by PMs at major tech companies
by bshoemaker on Friday February 01, 2019 @03:45AM
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You sound insufferable
I have met a handful of people who somewhat thought of themselves as technical. Because they did a touch of Visual Basic or something in their first job out of school, before immediately washing out and pursuing a non-technical career. Some of those guys liked to talk loudly about how much they're "one of you", and "get it", etc.
Without exception, that subset of PM's/PO's were absolutely dreadful to work with as a developer. I would ONLY want to work with a non-technical PM/PO, who stays in their lane and is comfortable with their role.