Comment by iostream24

Re: top of game, I’ll bet an engineer makes a better product manager than a siloed product manager with no engineering experience. Generally speaking, and with no metric to judge such a subjective bold claim with. Knowing how things work and are built can reduce the “bad idea” quotient. Going out on a spending spree is best informed by knowing your bank balance and individual prices and tradeoffs. Maintenance of said product is a factor of interaction between engineering and stakeholders and customers, so knowing what is involved makes a difference.