> Overall, if you have a product management organisation, you're doing it wrong.
Agreed, the best (and most successful) products I've worked on have all had product ownership by actual implementers (engineers, designers, customer success, etc). I loved being on the support rotation as an engineer because it closed the gap of abstraction between my work and the real humans who were using it every second.
Very rarely, I have worked with PMs who add net positive value, and in every case they would have made okay engineers as well.
Agreed, the best (and most successful) products I've worked on have all had product ownership by actual implementers (engineers, designers, customer success, etc). I loved being on the support rotation as an engineer because it closed the gap of abstraction between my work and the real humans who were using it every second.
Very rarely, I have worked with PMs who add net positive value, and in every case they would have made okay engineers as well.