Product Managers, Stop Pissing Off The Engineers

Re:Product Managers, Stop Pissing Off The Engineers by bdehaaff on Sunday June 23, 2013 @09:20PM (#5930414)

I am not sure what your point is. Where in the blog post does it say that I am more important than they are? My career has been defined by being a PM and I have made all of those mistakes myself. In fact, our new company -- Aha.io -- is built for PMs.

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Re:Product Managers, Stop Pissing Off The Engineers by abbottry on Sunday June 23, 2013 @09:24PM (#5930433)

"However, the reality is that you need engineering more than they need you."

Whatever. I like the article, it makes some good points.

It's hard to write an article explaining one side of a situation like this without 'taking sides'.

I think the the PM role/title has become such a generic position that articles like this one are really taking a stab at anyone non-engineering, not that I am upset by it.

As a startup founder, meshing technical teams and non-technical teams is extremely difficult to do. The work environments, thought processes, personalities, etc. are so different.

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Re:Product Managers, Stop Pissing Off The Engineers by austenallred on Sunday June 23, 2013 @09:26PM (#5930444)

I read that wrong - I thought you were an engineer complaining about PMs

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Re:Product Managers, Stop Pissing Off The Engineers by bdehaaff on Sunday June 23, 2013 @09:26PM (#5930442)

Ok. Just a misunderstanding. Thanks for the comments.

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