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The Death of Product Management? Brian Chesky’s Take & The PM vs. Designer Debate| EP 9
Is product management dying? This week on Lost in Tech, Mamuna Oladipo and Lola Oyelayo-Pearson break down Brian Chesky’s controversial comments about getting rid of PMs at Airbnb. Is this the beginning of the end for the role, or is it just another rebranding of what great PMs already do?
Before diving into that, we check in on Threads—Instagram’s latest attempt to compete with Twitter. Is it a real contender or just another short-lived hype cycle?
We also tackle a listener dilemma from a senior product designer who feels like they’re doing more PM work than design. With responsibilities like defining strategy, prioritization, and stakeholder management, they’re wondering if they’re in the wrong role—or if design and PM should even be separate roles at all.
📌 Inside This Episode:
🔹 Threads: Are we really doing this again? How do we make it work for us?
🔹 The Value of the PM Role:
- Brian Chesky’s interview at Config—does Airbnb really not need PMs?
- Why PM responsibilities are constantly evolving and vary widely across companies.
- Does size and org structure matter when defining PM vs. Design roles?
🔹 Listener Dilemma: "Am I actually a PM? My design role feels like something else."
- When roles blur, how do you decide where you fit?
- Defining your energy zones—move towards what excites you.
- How to have an open conversation with leadership about your career path.
- Why titles matter less than the work you do.
🔹 What we’re learning:
- Lola just submitted her first patent application!
- Mamuna is exploring AI prompting for greater efficiency.
💡 We made this show for YOU! Got a tech challenge? Need career advice? Send your dilemmas to [email protected] or DM us on @LostInTechPodcast on Twitter.
👍 Like, Subscribe & Follow for real conversations about tech, career growth & everything in between!
Brian Chesky at Config: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkfijg7s76o
Lola’s 2019 Blog post - Great designers lean out of Design to make an impact - https://medium.com/@LolaOye/great-designers-lean-out-of-design-to-make-an-impact-93b3bd8e2e2e
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By Lost in TechIs product management dying? This week on Lost in Tech, Mamuna Oladipo and Lola Oyelayo-Pearson break down Brian Chesky’s controversial comments about getting rid of PMs at Airbnb. Is this the beginning of the end for the role, or is it just another rebranding of what great PMs already do?
Before diving into that, we check in on Threads—Instagram’s latest attempt to compete with Twitter. Is it a real contender or just another short-lived hype cycle?
We also tackle a listener dilemma from a senior product designer who feels like they’re doing more PM work than design. With responsibilities like defining strategy, prioritization, and stakeholder management, they’re wondering if they’re in the wrong role—or if design and PM should even be separate roles at all.
📌 Inside This Episode:
🔹 Threads: Are we really doing this again? How do we make it work for us?
🔹 The Value of the PM Role:
- Brian Chesky’s interview at Config—does Airbnb really not need PMs?
- Why PM responsibilities are constantly evolving and vary widely across companies.
- Does size and org structure matter when defining PM vs. Design roles?
🔹 Listener Dilemma: "Am I actually a PM? My design role feels like something else."
- When roles blur, how do you decide where you fit?
- Defining your energy zones—move towards what excites you.
- How to have an open conversation with leadership about your career path.
- Why titles matter less than the work you do.
🔹 What we’re learning:
- Lola just submitted her first patent application!
- Mamuna is exploring AI prompting for greater efficiency.
💡 We made this show for YOU! Got a tech challenge? Need career advice? Send your dilemmas to [email protected] or DM us on @LostInTechPodcast on Twitter.
👍 Like, Subscribe & Follow for real conversations about tech, career growth & everything in between!
Brian Chesky at Config: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkfijg7s76o
Lola’s 2019 Blog post - Great designers lean out of Design to make an impact - https://medium.com/@LolaOye/great-designers-lean-out-of-design-to-make-an-impact-93b3bd8e2e2e