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No, product managers do not get to claim they made something. They led a team that made something.
by jimbokun 3mo ago
No, product managers do not get to claim they made something.
They led a team that made something.
- c1sc0 3mo agoWhat about movie directors? Aren't they celebrated as creative geniuses? They're also just leading a team.
- supersour 3mo agoA property developer is the other real-world example which comes to my mind.
- soulofmischief 3mo agoArchitects and civil engineers don't physically build the infrastructure they design.
- themgt 3mo agoAs a programmer I wrote my app TheseusA by hand. As a product manager I vibe-coded my other app TheseusB. Then I had my LLM port TheseusA to Python, while I ported TheseusB to Python by hand and deleted the original codebases. Do I get to claim I made the Python TheseusA, or TheseusB, or neither or both?
- InitialBP 3mo agoLet me correct this then: "Do product managers get to claim that they helped to make something?" I think product managers surely have a right to claim they "helped" to make something at least. If the team made something then those who work on the team all assisted in "making" the thing.