All Content from Business Insider | The next big job in tech may be the 'product engineer' by Lakshmi Varanasi

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As engineers ramp up their efficiency, product managers now have to manage a lot more products.That means companies are looking to hire more of them.Companies are also now making engineers product manage — a new role called the "product engineer."Silicon Valley has long debated the value of product managers — the people tasked with aligning engineers, sales, and other teams to build products users want, often through a messy, friction-filled process.

As AI and vibe coding turbocharge engineers, allowing them to build more and faster than ever before, however, product managers are now managing more than ever.

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