• @chakan2@lemmy.world
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    161 year ago

    Of the 30-50 PMs I’ve worked with in my career, I’ve had 2 actively contribute to the success of my team’s work. I’ve had a handful scuttle projects because they couldn’t manage the clients, the rest just kind of hung out and collected a massive paycheck.

    The highest performing teams I’ve been on had the lead developer play that role.

    The role is vital, the PM it’s self is not.

    • @hightrix@lemmy.world
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      51 year ago

      Completely agreed that the role is vital. For me, my PM is a life saver as my workload is simply too much to also handle PM duties.

      That’s said, I also agree that there are many useless PMs. But a good one is worth their weight in gold.