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Product development experience and project/agency development experience are fundamentally different, and that distinction matters especially in markets like Pakistan where service delivery agencies dominate. Project work trains speed, breadth, and execution across multiple stacks, but lacks long-term ownership, real user feedback loops, and the instinct built from watching a live product break and recover. Product work demands staying accountable for outcomes, not just features, and builds deeper architectural thinking and judgment over time. The author argues that both types of experience have value, but developers should consciously pursue product exposure—through remote work if necessary—rather than assuming agency experience alone prepares them for product roles. The key warning: reading about product thinking is not a substitute for the scars earned from real production incidents and user-driven iteration.

Product Dev Experience is not same as Project Dev Experience

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