Can’t We All Get Along? A Reddit Guide For PMs and Developers

Sales and marketing.
Designers and developers.
Peanut butter and jelly.

There are many disciplines that are expected to work in harmony together. Sometimes, that’s easier said than done.

Product managers and developers are one such group. And how these two groups should work together will change from one startup to another.

So instead of writing an article sharing our thoughts and opinions, we decided to poll the reddit community and a few of our PM friends to see how PMs and developers can work better together.

Here’s what they had to say:

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Special thanks to Matt Bilotti of Drift, Allen Burt of BlueStout, João Craveiro of Premium Minds and of course, the fine redditors who contributed to this project.

Check out the original discussions on reddit:

• Developers: What do you wish your product managers knew?
• Product Managers: What do you wish your developers knew about you?
• What are some red flags you look out for when working with developers?
• What do you wish your developers knew about you?