Do business without any feelings!
For me is difficult. I’m a product manager and a friend is a technical expert. For fun, let me just tell you our after work discussions (m=me, h=he)
M: I was in a meeting today with the technical guys. I just needed the development of a small features and the email response was, like always, no
H: I was in a meeting with PM today. I proposed them a new feature. It’s something new and the competition doesn’t have it yet. We can do it in time for the new release, but they said that they will think about it. My God feeling is that they don’t care.
M: But my feature is so easy to be implemented and it will improve our customers’ experience.
H: We could be different! We could have been the first on the market! We could have developed interesting solutions.
M: After long discussions we’ve agreed on the light versions
H: I have sent them an email asking again if we can develop the solution and they said ok (after 2 weeks – through a new meeting) The product manager asked me if we can develop the same feature.
Since 2 years I still can not believe that discussions have the same tone. And I’m just wandering if we interact with different people or our companies have a different vision.
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