[jimbokun]

No, product managers do not get to claim they made something.

They led a team that made something.

[themgt]

As a programmer I wrote my app TheseusA by hand. As a product manager I vibe-coded my other app TheseusB. Then I had my LLM port TheseusA to Python, while I ported TheseusB to Python by hand and deleted the original codebases.

Do I get to claim I made the Python TheseusA, or TheseusB, or neither or both?

[c1sc0]

What about movie directors? Aren't they celebrated as creative geniuses? They're also just leading a team.

[supersour]

A property developer is the other real-world example which comes to my mind.

[soulofmischief]

Architects and civil engineers don't physically build the infrastructure they design.

[InitialBP]

Let me correct this then: "Do product managers get to claim that they helped to make something?"

I think product managers surely have a right to claim they "helped" to make something at least. If the team made something then those who work on the team all assisted in "making" the thing.