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		tmstieff on April 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We need someone who has done “it” before Isn't the point of having a PM to bridge the gap between leadership that knows the domain of "it" and IT who knows how to implement general business needs onto a technical solution? Of course that would require having a PM to begin with, instead of expecting your developers to become subject matter experts in your obscure domain.

Ensorceled on April 28, 2022 [–]

This article could literally be talking about hiring for the PM leadership role.

tmstieff on April 28, 2022 | [–]

Good point, I immediately read it and replaced "role" with programmer since it was posted on HN.

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