Sad how much I'm incentivised at work to look competent, as opposed to achieve our product goals.
The more I get engineers to do analysis and help me make slides for the "ETeam", or get everyone to commit to highly uncertain estimates, the more competent I look as a product manager.
I actively resist this incentive structure, but it just makes me seem antagonistic and not willing to "operate on an executive level". This, even though by avoiding this middle management bullshit trap I'm helping the business far more.
