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The Naked Truth: Why Agile Turned Product Managers into Bad Project Managers (And How to Escape)

It’s Thursday. 6:12 PM. You’re still online. Not because you’re “passionate.” Because you’re about to walk into a sprint planning meeting where you’ll be judged like this: Not on whether customers got happier. Not on whether revenue moved. Not on whether churn dropped. But on whether your tickets are “ready.” If your PM job feels like being a project manager with extra anxiety… that’s not a personal failure. That’s the system. ...

📅 December 31, 2025 · ⏱️ 3 min · 👨‍💻 The Naked PM