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by SpicyLemonZest 1252 days ago
What makes it a hard call is that, in an organization that's trying to be engineering-focused, the product owner typically has as much say in what work you'll be doing as the person the org chart says you report to. (They have the most relevant expertise - a "people manager" has to spend a lot of their time managing people, while the product owner's sole and full-time responsibility is understanding what work the product needs.)