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Fantastic piece! A great PM makes life easier, a bad one makes it worse. Classic high valence role.

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Thanks Aakash! Yeah, as an EM, the quality of the PM is the single most influencing element on the output of my team.

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I've been at the true partnership and those are golden times. It helps if the PM has a bit of technical understanding and the tech lead has a bit of product understanding.

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I think for a true partnership it not only helps, it's a must :)

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New subbie here stumbled on this article and I am so glad I chose to read it first. Thank you for settling the constant battle on who is more important between PMs and Engineers. They are both important and working together is the only proven way any engineering org can be successful.

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Hey Bettirose, welcome! :)

Glad you have enjoyed it, and I agree with the summary - there is just no way around that.

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