PRODUCT MANAGERS MISUNDERSTOOD: WE DON'T ‘RULE' SILICON VALLEY—WE NAVIGATE ITS COMPLEXITIES

Summary from the TLDR Product newsletter

Product managers are navigators, not rulers, balancing diverse demands to build the right product for the right reasons. Their role requires influence without authority, empathy without bias, and vision under pressure. Mislabeling PMs as “mini-CEOs” or obstacles to engineers undervalues their critical role in driving innovation and delivering customer value.