I started a new product job recently that's supporting a more back-end product than my past roles. I've been enjoying learning a lot. However, I was surprised when I was given a task to hop into some JSON files, make changes, and merge it to our main branch. I have education in coding, but I've done zero dev at a large corporation. I got perplexed looks when I asked team members to walk me through our SSH, IDE, git process, etc. Would you enjoy a task like this? Would you call it a 🚩?

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I disagree with previous posts. If you’re not looking to be a developer I do think this is a red flag. I’d ask your supervisor for clarity - did this come from them? Or someone else? Understanding the tools your team is using and their processes and stuff is great but I’ve been a pm for 12 years and never been asked to merge code. Even for my backend teams.

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Anything that helps the team is not a red flag

If you are a product owner then you need to know your product in and out.

Not every environment is the same. Also it doesn’t sound great if you Only do what’s being asked. PM role is about team leadership which also implies helping out team with delivery

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