I built an app to get the knowledge out of my head
I was the single point of failure on my own team, and I hadn't noticed.
Thoughts from a former Developer turned PM
£250k and not one line of code
The first project I fully managed without writing a single line of code was worth more than £250k.
"We don't need project managers"
How many places have you worked where someone's said this?
"I can do this better"
I put my metaphorical hand up. The useful thing about saying "I can do this better", even if, like me, it was only ever to yourself, is that it immediately changes your position. You're not complaining anymore.