Junior Product Managers Lack Clear Guidance in Data Platform Roles
Junior product managers assigned to internal data platforms struggle with the role because they lack domain expertise in data engineering and have no direct end-user customers. The internal platform PM role requires a different skill set than customer-facing product management.
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