Whats your take on project managers? Helpful or in the way? Just started a new gig and am trying to determine. Help!

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When their good, they’re extremely helpful and it becomes hard to operate without them. But when they’re bad, it’s almost a waste of budget. You have to spend so much time checking that they did everything needed, and at the end of the day it forces you to be in the weeds when that’s what they were placed there to remove you from. 1 in 5 are good.

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More so than any other role, depends a LOT on the person. The right PM can be a lifesaver. The wrong one can be a thorn in your side.

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They do all the shit that you don’t want to do anyway — use the freed up time to do what you’re best at: building relationships, understanding the business and leading the team to white spaces and prosperity.

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Absolutely depends on the person and defining roles and responsibilities between the two functions is critical. If there’s too much overlap, it produces a lot of unproductive tension, and who needs more of that when the industry seethes with it already?

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I think PM is a lifesaver.

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