Should good software engineer consider product management to enter leadership track?
Jun 27, 2021
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If you are a good senior software engineer but also love to dive into product and participate into business discussion, is product manager a good role to consider esp. if one wants to explore leadership track?
If yes, which role is in more demand - customer/merchant facing product manager or tech product manager? #product #productmanager #pm #softwareengineer #amazon #facebook #google #faang #netflix #microsoft #instacart #tech
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While a few do talk about playing role in systems and ensuring they can unblock engineers and help take important decisions.
Overall after interacting with a few senior leaders, i got an impression that if one enjoys working with people, like to cheer them, mentor them with limited role in core engineering decisions then they should opt for engineering manager role.
I was hoping to be wrong. Would open more options for me. 🙂 But haven't heard details from people here. 🤦♂️