I have read similar things about software developers / Tech people in general. My assumption right now is that the predictions do not tell who will be replaced (effectively, without regret and rollback) but whom the author does not like or respect.
Totally agree with your view that AI won’t kill product management. I posted a note yesterday about a CPO survey that made the prediction that the PM role will be dead by 2030, with everyone becoming individual builders. But if everyone’s building, who’s got the time to ensure we’re all building the right thing? And where’s the collaboration?
As Cory Doctorow said: It does not matter whether you can be replaced. It matters whether your company higher-ups _believe_ it and wish it. One of your readers, Uwe Mierisch, recently had an interesting article about the longer-term consequences of letting go a team that was deemed superfluous. https://uwemierisch.substack.com/p/todo-management / https://uwemierisch.substack.com/p/todo-management-de
There is much truth in this...
I have read similar things about software developers / Tech people in general. My assumption right now is that the predictions do not tell who will be replaced (effectively, without regret and rollback) but whom the author does not like or respect.
I did not mention anyone who _will_ be replaced, regardless of whether I "like" a function or not...
I should clarify. This was not about you but authors who make doomsday-like predictions / wishes for certain functions.
Ah well, I see!
Totally agree with your view that AI won’t kill product management. I posted a note yesterday about a CPO survey that made the prediction that the PM role will be dead by 2030, with everyone becoming individual builders. But if everyone’s building, who’s got the time to ensure we’re all building the right thing? And where’s the collaboration?
Exactly! Building is easier now, but what should you build? And how will you decide whether it’s good?