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The things engineers are desperate for PMs to understand | Camille Fournier (author of “The Manager’s Path,” ex-CTO at Rent the Runway)

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Growth | Career

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Engineers should not be isolated to the controls about the project

When product managers monopolize the creative process, it leads to engineers feeling excluded, which can result in over-engineering and unnecessary changes. Engineers seek to exercise their creativity in other ways, often leading them to focus excessively on technical details or frameworks that may not significantly impact product delivery. This lack of inclusion in decision-making stifles their contributions to the product, prompting them to find alternative expressions of creativity, typically in the realm of the technology itself. Therefore, marginalizing engineers' input drives them to make unnecessary modifications and could negatively affect the overall product development.

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