[stocktech]

No, eng and product are separate orgs, but I'll work with them on process, documentation, meetings, etc. I'm a big believer in demonstrating value before asking people to do more work. So when I wanted product to do write more documentation, I did most of it myself to show the impact it had on engineering and how organized the team was. Now product owns it.

It's less about taking on roles and just doing what needs to be done. Everything is a partnership in building the product, so I help where I'm needed most. When our hiring pipeline dried up, I'm the one doing outreach. When our test suite needed enhancements, I'm writing demo code to show best practices. When an upstream service pushed breaking changes, I'm the one pushing for process/communication changes.

Granted, my current org is a little bit of a mess, but every place I've worked at needed me to flex because it gives my team the ability to do what they do best - code. And since I'm fixing processes and not a bottleneck, I have a stronger case for promotion too.

[tcgv]

Thanks for the clarification