Lots of product people are talking about how Product Management is becoming the most important role in tech again.
bullish on the PM role quietly becoming the most important role in tech again when anyone can build, the person who decides WHAT to build becomes the bottleneck
— andrew chen (@andrewchen) May 1, 2026
But also – low quality PMs will be exposed faster than ever. When business cases don’t stack up, KPIs are poorly defined or requirements are bad, this will be exposed much faster and right at the beginning of the process. There will be nowhere for bad or lazy to hide…