Product Managers used to be creators. Now they are mostly bureaucrats
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Re: Product Managers used to be creators. Now they are mostly bureaucrats
#2Former PM here. Cannot agree more. My right to create was constrained by process and I ceased to see myself as technological. I moved to comms, never been happier and I code for my own entertainment and to do sysadmin and data analytics in various ways.
Re: Product Managers used to be creators. Now they are mostly bureaucrats
#3The same applies to project managers, which is why I no longer work in that role. Just hire a competent team, and the "manager" role should be that of a "servant leader" rather than one who dictates the work. However, I am too pessimistic that this will happen anytime soon.
Re: Product Managers used to be creators. Now they are mostly bureaucrats
#4Former PM here. Cannot agree more. My right to create was constrained by process and I ceased to see myself as technological. I moved to comms, never been happier and I code for my own entertainment and to do sysadmin and data analytics in various ways.
Mind if I ask what specifically you do in comms?
Re: Product Managers used to be creators. Now they are mostly bureaucrats
#5Former PM here. Cannot agree more. My right to create was constrained by process and I ceased to see myself as technological. I moved to comms, never been happier and I code for my own entertainment and to do sysadmin and data analytics in various ways.
Mind if I ask what specifically you do in comms?
Blogging and podcasting. Fortnightly <1hr recording on network/Internet issues and measurement, and blog pieces on issues which catch my eye in the tech space & relate to the context my employer functions in.
Re: Product Managers used to be creators. Now they are mostly bureaucrats
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Mind if I ask what specifically you do in comms?
Blogging and podcasting. Fortnightly <1hr recording on network/Internet issues and measurement, and blog pieces on issues which catch my eye in the tech space & relate to the context my employer functions in.
Interesting, any chance you could share your profile/blogs?
For context, I'm a dev, prev a sales eng, and I miss being more involved in business.
Feel free to DM me on LinkedIn (see my profile) if you wanna maintain anonimity here.