Balancing engineering cultures: Debate everything vs. just tell me what to build

Re:Balancing engineering cultures: Debate everything vs. jus... by blitz_skull on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @08:01AM (#39116743)

Damn I wish any PM I had ever worked with had this attitude. Honestly I don’t recognize any of this ownership in the last few companies I’ve worked with. PMs are just people that don’t talk with customers, review a product backlog, and cover their eyes and point at the Feature du jour. I wish more PMs had your ownership approach.

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Re:Balancing engineering cultures: Debate everything vs. jus... by khaledtaha on Saturday January 27, 2024 @05:48PM (#39160671)

To jump in front of a bullet that no one wants to be struck by? As a PM, I want my eng team to be courageous and stand by their decisions rather than respecting me only once I offer my self in a sacrificial ritual.

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Re:Balancing engineering cultures: Debate everything vs. jus... by llamaLord on Sunday February 04, 2024 @08:45PM (#39256385)

Are they technical decisions? Yeah, sure, that's on them.

But a LOT of decisions in reality are ones where there is no clear "organic" owner. In that scenario, assuming nobody else is putting their hand up to own it, that's the PM's responsibility.

Nobody will ever tell you this in interviews, it's never part of the job description, but it is one of the most important parts of being an effective PM.

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