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PRODUCT MANAGEMENT IS BROKEN, A CHANGE IS COMING

The model of product and engineering managers sounds like a promising concept - PMs decide what to make, and EMs decide how to make it - but it doesn’t always work in practice. For one, most people cannot be good PMs of a new product/industry immediately, leading to bad decision-making. Secondly, engineers build things without ever talking to the customers and can’t make important decisions as a result. There are two ways to fix this: get PMs closer to the business domain and have engineers be more involved in the product side.

HOW TO GET 💩 DONE AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER

The post introduces the Time Sector System, a productivity method that helped the author finish 8 tasks a day, totaling 944 tasks in 4 months, while significantly reducing stress. The system involves planning tasks monthly, weekly, and daily, categorizing them into time sectors, and adjusting as needed. Even if this specific system isn't used, the principles and lessons learned from the experience can still be valuable.

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