[diceduckmonk]

> There are a lot of shitty PMs out there, just as there are a lot of shitty engineers or any other job function

Indeed, both can create negative value for a project.

At least with engineers, we have slightly better proxies for interviewing. Leetcode sucks but it does filters out people who can’t code or grasp recursion. Unfortunately, the source of resentment towards Leetcode is that it also filters out people who can code in a practical setting (false negatives). While false positives are increasingly common with Leetcode now that tech is lucrative and people know how to play the game, people who pass Leetcode interviews can program in some capacity