B2B startups stop innovating the day you give power to product managers
As an engineering leader, I tend to agree that giving Product Managers too much power causes lots of problems. A big one is retaining good engineers.<p>My experience of bad PMs is that they live in the Y side of the XY problem space[0] and believe they should have total say over how the engineers and designers spend every minute of their time.<p>Thankfully my company has a great CPO and we have agreed to avoid this type of PM. Anyone who says that the PM should be the Product CEO is not hired. Anyone who says they are the one to define how the engineering teams work is not hired.<p>At a truly tech lead organization, PMs work for the engineering teams, not the other way around. We have some great PMs who collaborate and provide lots of value.<p>0. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xyproblem.info&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xyproblem.info&#x2F;</a>