![rw-book-cover](https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/content/images/2019/09/william-iven-gcsNOsPEXfs-unsplash.jpg) ## Metadata - Author:: [[Gergely orosz|Gergely Orosz]] - Full Title:: The Product-Minded Software Engineer - Category:: #🗞️Articles, [[Product engineer|Product Engineer]] - URL:: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the-product-minded-engineer/ - Finished date:: [[2022-12-15]] ## Highlights - Because they have a strong understanding of the product "why," as well as the engineering side of things, they can bring suggestions that few other people can. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gm7vx6g5jn5kqvdb3csk1649)) - Note: This is the key - They ask a lot of questions to understand exactly why the product feature is being built. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gm7w2b0n9krs7c8py0q3z1w4)) - After shipping the feature, they actively follow up to understand if the feature lives up to the expectation. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gm7w2qc2y4src37yhprjqq43))