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		whstl 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Getting things “done” in large tech companies Sure, but my point is that certain tasks that people believe to be the responsibility of PMs is better done by engineers, IME. And your example is also a good one, I totally agree, PMs managing deadlines is also not a good idea.

conrs 7 months ago [–]

Yes, I feel like most Product Managers I’ve worked with are more like Project Managers - all about deadlines, largely just accepting requirements rather than refining, etc.

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