[whatshisface]

This article sort of gets it, but misses it in the end. Engineering essentially "works for" product management because the product is the value they provide, and the product people ultimately are the ones who defend the resources required to realize their plans. If you are an engineer, the person who goes to leadership with plans that require you to work is your number one internal advocate.

...and for what it's worth, presenting refactoring as a part of delivering on new development goals is the absolute truth.

[ckmiaomix]

Product management's job is not to explain engineering. Engineering does not work for product management. Product's job is to figure out what to build by working with all stakeholders and customer input.