A product manager must be tech literate, not tech fluent. That means they can discuss enough and understand enough about the technology to talk to developers and to make trade-off decisions. They know the right questions to ask engineers to understand the complexity of certain features or improvements. A product manager doesn’t need to be able to code unless the product is highly technical and it’s essential they understand the technology deeply to make decisions. The same goes for the market. Although it’s valuable for a product manager to know the market well, this is something they can
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