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Engineers need to think like product managers to create solutions that customers love. They should focus on solving customer's problems rather than the technical aspects. To improve product-mindedness, engineers can pair with non-tech people, explain technical solutions to non-tech people, ask business and customer-related questions, talk directly with customers, do freelance work, and take on different roles. Simplifying solutions before implementation is also crucial for better results.

A good engineer thinks like a product manager

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Our goal is to create solutions that customers are going to love

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Last short tip: Simplify as much as possible!

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Has it ever worked for you?

Your thoughts as an engineer could potentially be enriched by adopting a more expansive and inclusive perspective instead of just tH1nkIng lIk3 a pRoDuCT mAnaGeπ

Actually nowadays IT-engineers have more than enough technical problems to solve. Why they should also think about business and customer problems? And when - after the work, in the evenings? Maybe better for business to find professional managers for these topics? That option is absolutely not considered in the article.