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Aren't PMs supposed to have an elevated communication skillset compared to ICs? I don't think it's too much to ask for a manager to know what the word "triage" means in a planning context, or to look it up. Particularly a product manager; understanding that stakeholders have multiple different priorities and navigating that situation is the essence of their job.

Perhaps we're misinterpreting and the team was just stonewalling. That happens sometimes with certain teams, sometimes it's because they're chronically understaffed. However, that's obviously no representative of the "tech" (i.e. software) role as a whole.