PMs are increasingly expected to have some technical sharpness (including understanding code) - not enough to be a technical IC, but enough that they can create

PMs are increasingly expected to have some technical sharpness (including understanding code) - not enough to be a technical IC, but enough that they can create their own lab environment and give architecture feedback. This is especially prominent in much more technical products like AI/ML, Cybersecurity, Data Lakes, etc. If you are building and selling a technical product to technical personas, you better understand the pain points which only comes from having actually experienced that.