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shubhamjain ◴[] No.45075187[source]
"This tool 10x the productivity of software engineers"

"GREAT! That means we can fire the people who do the actual work, and replace them with MBA robots, who neither understand nor care about making a good product"

Pardon my pessimism, but in my whole career, I have never met a PM who actual did the work of driving the product vision. Most were just middlemen shuttling information between management, marketing, design, and engineering. Thinking that hiring more PMs would increase the output in the age of AI is such a childish fantasy.

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1. akdor1154 ◴[] No.45079942[source]
I have but only once, would work again with him in a heartbeat. Absolute gold when you find a good one.

However your experience is not wrong: they're as rare as hens' teeth.

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2. exogenousdata ◴[] No.45080554[source]
Same. Only one. And they were a real multiplier.
3. icedchai ◴[] No.45083919[source]
Same here. A PM that actually talked to the customer and the developers, could spec out features, design UI mockups... Incredibly rare.