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Re:Evolving Reddit’s Workforce by _ah on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @02:23AM (#24915851)
A good PM saves work for the team by shifting work away from from valueless investments. If a team is "slowing down to appease a PM" then that PM is worthless.
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Re:Evolving Reddit’s Workforce by ryanSrich on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @10:55AM (#24919438)
> A good PM saves work for the team by shifting work away from from valueless investments.

Knowing what’s valuable and what’s not is a function of being an employee. Designers and engineers should know where value exists.

If they need a PM to shift them away from valueless work, then I highly question their efficacy as an engineer. I also highly question that organization’s management structure and communication.

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