I think the key is that they come from A background. Few, if any, people have the people skills, technical know how, and domain knowledge to be a PM early in th

I think the key is that they come from A background. Few, if any, people have the people skills, technical know how, and domain knowledge to be a PM early in their career. Instead we diluted the PM role so much to allow new grads to have a place to go, and so that PM leadership could increase their headcount, and now we have engineering managers having to manage their product counterparts because they lack the experience to manage themselves.