We're rediscovering the "architect" job role a decade or so after switching to agile processes and staff engineers largely replaced it. God help us when they rediscover UML for agents.
We're rediscovering the "architect" job role a decade or so after switching to agile processes and staff engineers largely replaced it. God help us when they rediscover UML for agents.
I feel like the scarcity of (idealized) Product Managers is even more acute.
Easily the biggest delta between a good one and a bad one I've ever encountered. It's so easy to test too. Just ask a product manager if they can give a talk on <some product they own> in 2 hours. If they respond by slacking all of the engineers that work under them to stop what they're doing and give them the info to give that talk, fire them. If they are ready to talk right now then give them a raise.