Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing

Re:Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing by parineum on Thursday November 27, 2025 @03:17PM (#46072879)

I'm waiting for the disruptive startup that revolutionizes corporate heirarchy by getting rid of PMs since they're so useless.

Since successful businesses continue to employ them, I'm going to err on the side of they do serve a function I don't always understand rather than they must be stupid.

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Re:Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing by friendzis on Friday November 28, 2025 @07:33AM (#46078090)

Let me introduce you to the glory of Valve and Lord Gaben.

On a less snarky note: Depending on organization type PMs might do a ton of paperwork on behalf of the teams and act as some sort of central point for business-product communication, however that has exactly nothing with management in any typical definition.

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Re:Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing by pdimitar on Sunday November 30, 2025 @03:20AM (#46094871)

Startups cannot disrupt human hierarchies rooted in deep instincts built by millennia of serfdom, sadly.

And yes most PMs are useless, regardless of how snarkily you attempt to push that element aside.

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