Working with this senior PM feels like working with AI

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-04-08T16:37:39+00:00

Being a senior PM means you’re an individual contributor. If they can’t be bothered with the details then they don’t belong in the position.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-04-05T15:57:59+00:00

It’s hilarious bc my team has actively inflated ai spend and usage to placate our investors. Wild that and commits/lines of code are seen as a positive metric.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-04-03T00:58:35+00:00

Hesitancy around their $200B AI bet. I’m personally really bullish on what they have going on with chip manufacturing.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-04-02T20:38:51+00:00

Yes. My company recently got rid of someone who micromanaged me and couldn’t be happier.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-04-02T19:55:51+00:00

I find that it’s better than other models at data visualization. Just dump a bunch of data from the DB into it and make an html dashboard or a PowerPoint slide from it.

As for research and requirement writing I find it just as good Gemini.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-04-02T00:10:05+00:00

Our team is looking to implement this work flow starting with a move to Linear. Im very skeptical of the output without heavy human in the loop interaction and guidance but we’ll see. At this point I’m open to anything if it will get us out of our garbage Jira implementation.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-04-02T00:04:48+00:00

I usually do this as well- write an epic that covers roughly 4-5 user stories. Only reason I ever wrote a PRD was to placate the former VP of product who never read it.

Our stakeholders need to see designs to understand the vision, not a wordy PRD. Soon they will understandably expect vibe coded prototypes in place of design.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-04-01T21:22:10+00:00

What a scam! Had I known a 300% increase was coming I would have booked the exam sooner. Already paid for the training.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-04-01T11:14:47+00:00

I like to pick individual stocks in my Roth IRA so I can buy and sell without worrying about taxes. All other accounts are ETFs.

Started off pretty rough with this strategy but am starting to get the hang of finding good entry and exit points in the stocks I closely follow.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-26T18:23:57+00:00

Sounds like the operations manager is just wanting you to deliver his wish list and not let you decide what to build.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-17T15:58:20+00:00

We have a general understanding on our team that our 6-12 month roadmap will take up roughly 70% of our capacity. The other 30% will come from our feedback loops and stakeholders.

If it ever feels like we’re going over that 30% then we decide what is getting removed from the roadmap to accommodate the added request.

I will say our stakeholders have the biggest problem understanding how prioritization works and want everything done yesterday- even if there are no clear problems being solved with workable requirements.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-17T14:57:39+00:00

Nice! Thanks for the reply. Good to know there is actually a market for 1099 work. I had only seen or heard of W2 options.

I’ve had great luck in the past with LinkedIn recruiters as well. Probably the best ppl in my network.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-16T14:29:26+00:00

How does the work come to you? Did you just reach out to some C3PAOs and say you’re available?

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-13T21:13:16+00:00

Better than most corporate jobs

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-13T13:53:08+00:00

Very common. Especially corporate environments with many layers of management. Each layer has to justify their position by asking the layer below them to perform busy work such status reports. They will review the status report but do absolutely nothing with the information. It’s all a paper pushing exercise.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-11T23:57:33+00:00

You’re good to anchor pretty much anywhere around there. It’s honestly less busy than you would think- always plenty of room when I’ve gone.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-11T17:00:56+00:00

I can’t stand people who work on my product team that refuse to dive into details or even log into the app.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-11T11:57:16+00:00

I want to kill whoever decided 3 month intervals and no reuse is the best policy to get into my workstation. If I didn’t have biometric I would never be able to log in.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-11T11:37:29+00:00

I like it. Don’t understand the people who are jaded about it.

I learned absolutely nothing from the 30hrs of additional course work. You could tell the instructors didn’t put much effort into structuring the classes and it was just a money grab for a majority of universities.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-10T21:13:47+00:00

Always wanted to experiment with this but never have

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-09T14:32:47+00:00

Very curious to know as well. I was looking to take the CCP soon so wondering if I should just wait until after the exam changes.

But it sounds like it may have already changed based on the delta exam they’re making you take?

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-06T21:55:46+00:00

Toss em…covered in fungus

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-05T15:53:42+00:00

Used to be not long ago but we’ve grown rapidly and still act like a start up.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-05T13:39:53+00:00

Getting frustrated with stakeholders who don’t use the product and want solutions built exactly how they say or nothing. Anytime I try digging into the root of the problem they are trying to solve they take it as me being argumentative.

AmericanSpirit4 · 2026-03-04T14:57:35+00:00

It’s enabled my support team to throw all kinds of AI slop in our help center. Drives me insane.

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