[dmix]

> At a certain point it makes sense to have product managers

I would just hire more engineers who have a good product sense and give them more power. That was Facebook's approach (initially).

[techslave]

if you’re building a product for engineers, that makes sense. your product managers are then former engineers.

if you’re building a product for normies, you want to hire normies as your PMs.

[cloverich]

This idea that understanding how to build a product means you do not understand why or how someone would want to use it is baffling to me. Yes, some engineers have no product sense and no taste. But there are plenty that do. As is the case for all non-engineering fields as well.