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Product Managers used to be creators. Now they are mostly bureaucrats

3 points| deathtrader666 | 1 year ago |the-ken.com

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ggm|1 year ago

Former PM here. Cannot agree more. My right to create was constrained by process and I ceased to see myself as technological. I moved to comms, never been happier and I code for my own entertainment and to do sysadmin and data analytics in various ways.

mmarian|1 year ago

Mind if I ask what specifically you do in comms?

tamimio|1 year ago

The same applies to project managers, which is why I no longer work in that role. Just hire a competent team, and the "manager" role should be that of a "servant leader" rather than one who dictates the work. However, I am too pessimistic that this will happen anytime soon.