It is common, and you can resist (risking your salary), going deeper (hardening engineering skills) or wider (doing product, analytical, etc. work). I believe that an engineer with product mindset is extremely valuable for a company, so I would encourage taking that route. However I’m also seeing engineers taking first or second path.
As long as humans are making decisions, human interaction remains important. From this perspective, PMs are still in a better position than engineers
As long as humans are making decisions, human interaction remains important. From this perspective, PMs are still in a better position than engineers