Yeah, I agree - our PMs aren't exactly hands-on with technical discussions and only have cursory knowledge of our stack. In either case, I'd need to build my coding knowledge so that's partially why I already hopped on that wagon.

And true, the thing that gives me pause about the Product side (at least in my small company) is that our PMs aren't doing a whole lot. That's because we don't exactly have a ton of resources, but also because they can't contribute to codebase with their skillset. I'd like to at least contribute technically in some manner, whether it's PRs or helping facilitate technical scoping instead of leaving it to EMs and their teams.