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by giantg2 698 days ago
"A half decent PM will stop, step back, and ask "is there a meta-pattern here that I'm just not seeing yet", and realise the actual requirement is something like."

Not going to lie, this is the funniest thing I've heard all day. I've met maybe 1 PM in my entire career that actually thought that way, and that was at the beginning. The longer I'm here the more they seem focused on speed and metrics and less on the actual sysrem.
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mooreds 697 days ago
What are their incentives? Are they switching off to another product quickly, or are they staying with this product for years/decades?

Do they get rewarded for long term thinking or short term results?

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giantg2 695 days ago
Almost nobody gets rewarded for true longterm thought. Devs, PMs, etc aren't going to stick around waiting for a promotion, raise, or bonus for work they did 3 years prior. They want their comp now for the stuff they did this year, even though you won't see the true longterm outcomes for years to come.
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