Why?

I thought long and hard about starting this blog. I mean, it's 2025. Who the hell still writes blogs? Who the hell still reads blogs? For every topic you need to learn, there is at least one video on YouTube that will teach you how to do that specific topic. And most people use that medium for learning, news, music, and whatnot. But there are still people like me and like you who still prefer the written word. They like taking their time reading and understanding an idea. They take breaks in their reading, and they ponder over the topic at hand. They like to stop and form their own opinion about what is presented. And while I admit that we are a dying breed, this blog is for us: for you and me, the "old school" people who still value a good book and don't wait for the movie.

Now, with that out of the way, let's talk about the topics that will be discussed. I've seen people state, "Product management is an art." I would like to call bullshit on that. It's not an art. It's just a job like any other job where you have tasks and you solve problems, you hold meetings, and you put out fires. And everything in the name of some employer, some stakeholder, who needs you to build a product. Invariably, that product needs to change the world in some way and solve a need of your customers. Those customers also need to be kept happy, just like your development teams, your marketing teams, your sales teams, and your support teams. Everyone needs to be happy, and it's your job as a product manager to keep everyone happy.

The whole purpose of this blog is to address the topics that no one else wants to tackle. And I'm saying this because all other product management articles are focused on the product manager job as if this role would be happening in an ideal company, with ideal customers and ideal employees. Unfortunately, that's not the case, hence the need to address these topics, the topics that everyone wants to sweep under the rug.

Moreover, we'll be covering adjacent topics like the development lifecycle, agile methodologies, related roles like product owner, and any other idea that we need to call "bullshit" on.

And that's why...