Not doomed at all. Less chance than programmers? Not even. I know a product manager-ish person and he leads projects from proposal to finish for his company. He

Not doomed at all. Less chance than programmers? Not even. I know a product manager-ish person and he leads projects from proposal to finish for his company. He reads a description, drafts a spec, and scrutinizes every step. The advantage of being a programmer yourself is that you have intimate knowledge of what's not possible, what is, what limitations there are, and what approaches to take. If you know enough of the whole plan, leave the details to others. All you need to know is what you want to do and exactly how to do it, not as in "we will do a POST XHR here," but "the user submits this, and we will look for this keyword, and they will see that." If you can write a good spec, you're good to go.