#API #APIDocumentation #APIProductManagement #ProductManagement: "An engineering team member can perform a limited form of product management on a microservice. However, in all but the most minor or most trivial cases, the product management work requires a dedicated professional.

However, the rub is that not all product managers are created equal. When companies embark on an API transformation, they may reassign whatever product managers they already have employed. Or they post job hiring using whatever product management boilerplate lies within their HR systems, not thinking to customize for specific technical considerations. "They can learn the API bit on the job," the thinking goes, "others will do the technical stuff".

There are product virtuosos equally adept at creating great mobile apps, internal platforms, desktop experiences, or APIs. And there are many similarities between software product management and API product management. Several key differences also exist due to the nature of the products and the customers they serve. Individuals who can "do it all" equally effectively are few and far between.

These following subtle but significant differences can trip up otherwise competent product managers."

https://netapinotes.substack.com/p/why-are-api-product-managers-hard