> I think the idea of product managers needs to go in favour of giving team leads more power and having them interact more with users. To me, that's ultimately

> I think the idea of product managers needs to go in favour of giving team leads more power and having them interact more with users. To me, that's ultimately what a "product manager" should do: help build the product at a technical level, but also act as a liaison between the team and its users. Yes! In my experience product managers bring very little to the table, and the most enlightening discussions I have are when I'm allowed to talk directly to customers. Very often I find out about pain points with software (often ones which are easily and quickly fixed) by talking to customers, which I'd never heard of before through product management.