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Engineers who blend product, design, and infrastructure skills become most valuable
  • Boris notes that on his team, product managers, designers, data scientists all code.
  • Hybrid roles (product‑infrastructure, product‑design) enable better problem framing.
  • Such engineers can translate user needs directly into technical solutions.
  • The cross‑disciplinary fluency accelerates feature delivery and reduces hand‑offs.
  • Companies that cultivate these hybrids gain a competitive edge in AI‑augmented product cycles.
Boris ChernyLenny's Podcast01:41:33

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“Our product manager codes, our engineering manager codes, our designer codes, our finance guy codes.” — Boris Cherny
“The strongest engineers are hybrid product and infrastructure engineers.” — Boris Cherny

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