[mgrund]

> it seems that nontechnical POs have captured the software lifecycle

Yes, this dynamic has indeed been screwed up in many teams!

In my perspective, you can’t be a good product manager for a technical product without being somewhat technical yourself. You simply won’t understand your product well enough.

The only dynamic where that works is if the product manager acts more as a supporter and challenger to a team lead by an EM or technical lead, but then product manager is probably not the right title.