matt swanson 😈@_swanson
I strongly identify as a Product Engineer.
Not as:
- Developer (I only like building user-facing things)
- Full stack (I want to help with shaping, roll-out, strategy)
- Entrepreneur (not interested in company building)
- Indie hacker (like working with team, not into quick and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…16:24 PM - 03 Mar 2023
I stumbled upon the above tweet the other day, which made me think about my own "title". What do I want to call myself as I progress on this learning path? I'm now 5+ weeks into my Ruby software development program, and starting to think about the next phase, which will be placement with a company. A few will be visiting these coming weeks.
The tweet author mentions the term "Product Engineer" as his title of choice. For me, I gravitate to Entrepreneur. It's something I've done for many many years. The thrill of launching a new company is much more exciting than simply playing a small role in a huge multi-national conglomerate. At the same time, there is enormous stress to doing so, primarily from the high-potential of failure, but also the day-to-day stressors of all the daily housekeeping of keeping the lights on. A startup CEO often finds himself being Chief Kitchen Cleanup officer, or Chief run-to-the-store to buy more batteries.
I do like the author's notion that something like Product Engineer speaks to the customer-facing side of things. Whereas Full-Stack Developer seems to suggest a disconnect from the market realities of launching a new product. I don't just want to code. I want to make the next great product, and ensure it sticks around due to market acceptance.
Product Market Fit and all that.
What do you want to call yourself?
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