Johnny Ray Austin: Curious Engineers Make Great Product Managers

Engineers are great at solving problems that arise when creating new products. But deciding what new products to build is often just as big a challenge. That decision-making process is a task software engineer Johnny Ray Austin has found himself increasingly drawn to as his career has progressed.

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IEEE Spectrum
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2025-02-01
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https://doi.org/10.1109/mspec.2025.10876449
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Complex Systems and Decision Making
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Johnny Ray Austin: Curious Engineers Make Great Product Managers

Edd Gent
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Complex Systems and Decision Making
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Johnny Ray Austin: Curious Engineers Make Great Product Managers

Edd Gent
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Abstract

Engineers are great at solving problems that arise when creating new products. But deciding what new products to build is often just as big a challenge. That decision-making process is a task software engineer Johnny Ray Austin has found himself increasingly drawn to as his career has progressed.

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