The Product People Don’t Care About You— A Lesson I’ve Learned After Transitioning to Software Sales
The egocentric maniacs in charge of the specs will never know what the user actually wants.
I’ve been a product designer for years. Transitioned early on after working as a technical writer and software engineer. I wanted to dabble in the world of UX design. And so I journeyed further in exploring my craft and stumbled upon product design as a creative outlet for my passion.
That was connecting with people and designing solutions for their problems.
It was a good 4+ years journey where I evidently made a ton of progress. Over the course of my brief experience. I’ve come across plenty of different archetypes of product owners, managers, designers, and specialists.
However, you only learn the real truth, once you take a step and see these roles from a distance.
Do you truly realize the egocentric nature of product people as a whole?
— And how it affects the overall product sales lifecycle!
There’s a catch-22 when it comes to product sales.
