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Did Airbnb kill the PM role?

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Re: Did Airbnb kill the PM role?

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Post by jedberg »

manishsharan wrote: post #3

Why is AirBnb still a thing ? Do people like doing chores while on a vacation ?

I just stayed at two AirBnBs. I'm not sure what "doing chores" means. Sure I had to tidy up a bit when I left, but I would do that regardless because I'm a decent human being. Even when I stay at a hotel I wipe down the sink and strip the bed before I leave.

In the meantime I had a condo next to the beach with a kitchen and beach toys in both locations for less than the hotel next door cost (which would not have a kitchen, meaning that I'd have to eat out every meal, which gets pricy with two kids).

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Post by _just7_ »

talideon wrote: post #4

They did kill a whole bunch of things... like the ability to rent at a reasonable rate and the ability to get a mortgage that doesn't lean heavily on the 'mort' part.

Yeah I don't really think a meaningfully larger amount people are traveling because Airbnb is an app that exist, so demand from tourism should stay flat, no?

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Post by ativzzz »

the_mar wrote: post #6

To be fair good product designers do like 85% of PM's job. Design is not what it looks like, it's how it works.

It just depends if you hire more designers or PMs. Doing designs is a lot of work, but so is talking to customers and developing high level product strategy - talking internally about what needs to be done.

If your designers are doing the latter two, that means they're not spending nearly enough time talking to customers

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Post by chongli »

manishsharan wrote: post #3

Why is AirBnb still a thing ? Do people like doing chores while on a vacation ?

Airbnb is a thing because landlords pulled their long term rental units off the market and converted them into short terms at X times the old rate. Landlords love it because they make way more profit. Business travellers love it because they can stay in a nice trendy house or apartment instead of a hotel and they expense the trip anyway.

The people who don’t love it are the neighbours and anyone in the market for long term rentals.

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Post by revskill »

Sure. Product manager, product analysis,... they're bunch of "configurator" whose jobs is learn by heart how to config a system.

They're critical !

The issue is, their salary and their "political position" in a company is a concern. How can that "boring" role compare to a Senior Developer, or a Designer overall ?

Re: Did Airbnb kill the PM role?

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Post by jedberg »

CSMastermind wrote: post #9
jamiegreen wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it is nice to have a kitchen if it’s more than a few days. But the chores are a bit much sometimes

I highly recommend Hilton's Airbnb competitor Home2.

I just checked out the Home2 offerings near where I just stayed in an AirBnB. The prices are significantly higher and there are only three options (AirBnB had 25+).

So not quite there yet. :)

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