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Release Managers in 2025? Really?

I’m scanning the job boards again. My contract’s winding down. And what do I see?

Release Manager.

Right next to it?

Scrum Master.

And I can’t help but wonder — How is this still a thing?


Release Manager: The Role Automation Forgot

Wanted Poster for a Release Manager

CI/CD has been a thing for over a decade. Trunk-based development? Same. But we’re still hiring people to coordinate deployments by hand.

If your team still needs a Release Manager, your pipeline isn’t the only thing stuck in 2010.


Scrum Master: The Ritual Facilitator

Scrum is old. The ceremonies are tired. And most teams I’ve seen are doing stand-up theatre — not collaboration. Hiring someone to facilitate the performance doesn’t help.


Coordination Is Not Delivery

We’ve confused coordination with progress. These roles paper over bad architecture, broken trust, and duct-taped processes.


The slightly longer original + More cynicism (and a small plug for my next role) here:

👉 thecynical.dev/posts/obsolete-jobs-in-2025

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