I was soul searching for a while after reading the article and the comments. It is not easy to become a person (engineer or not) whose product ideas others trus

I was soul searching for a while after reading the article and the comments. It is not easy to become a person (engineer or not) whose product ideas others trust in e.g. a single product company. It is doable though as I know one guy who is described in the article from work. How I can become one of those guys? That is a relevant question to ask if you want to change. I think what the article misses as a good advice: have great engineering skills and then you will have time to learn other things. But first be really good in tech, that is your foundation. That's why you will be a product engineer, not a product person.