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I think it depends on the product. If it's something that's fairly common and easy to grasp for the typical engineer then I agree. If it's something very domain
by yibg 4y ago
I think it depends on the product. If it's something that's fairly common and easy to grasp for the typical engineer then I agree. If it's something very domain specific (accounting, legal etc), then I think having a PM that has knowledge / expertise in that area makes a lot of sense. You don't want the engineers spending months / years learning about accounting principles or legal nuances.
- sarchertech 4y agoI have never worked for a company where the PM was an honest to goodness subject matter expert. There have been PMs who learned a lot about the domain, the same way good experienced software devs do. But the majority of the time it feels like we just stuck a middleman in between engineering and the real subject matter experts.