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In an ideal world product/project manager types are supposed to suss out these impossible requirements before they even make it to the programmer, but I'm still
by JohnMakin 3y ago
In an ideal world product/project manager types are supposed to suss out these impossible requirements before they even make it to the programmer, but I'm still astounded at the amount of times in my career I'm either asked to do something impossible, suicidal, or flat out wrong. I always just imagined it was the same in other professions, but upon thinking further after reading this, I guess it might not be the case.
- Mizoguchi 3y agoI don't think that's the job of project managers. They are there to keep the project within scope, schedule and budget, find the resources you need and remove distractions so that you can focus on your craft. At least in my experience, it is expected that the lead or senior software engineer deals with the requirements, identifying missing, incomplete or out of scope items and communicate any issues to the PM so they can be discussed/negotiated with the customer or end user. Some of my best PMs don't even know much about software engineering.