People shit on PMs, but it’s genuinely useful to have someone coordinate breaking down a huge project into manageable chunks and keep on people to make sure they get their chunks done.
I guess a lot of shit on PMs happens because not every PM is actually doing their job. Asking ‘what’s the status’ every morning is surprisingly not enough
(Not OP) Dabble in everything and create dozens of unfinished projects, which fits well into most corporate software strategies.
Hell I have hundreds of unfinished projects. I’m a pro at it
Only hundreds?
People shit on PMs, but it’s genuinely useful to have someone coordinate breaking down a huge project into manageable chunks and keep on people to make sure they get their chunks done.
This. My best achievement were done when there was another person able to articulate goals and constraints in a way I could internalize.
I guess a lot of shit on PMs happens because not every PM is actually doing their job. Asking ‘what’s the status’ every morning is surprisingly not enough
This last part sent me. That’s so true it hurts.