> My experience with product managers is that they wedge themselves between the business and the technical teams and then wield political power while doing very

> My experience with product managers is that they wedge themselves between the business and the technical teams and then wield political power while doing very little. There's a large number of companies where the company is the one wedging the PMs there. My view is that a PMs job should include (but not be limited to) diplomacy, negotiation and facilitation. But if your heart isn't in that (and it can be easy to become disheartened), then it easily becomes "politics", and the worst parts of politics, at that.