Ask HN: How has Airbnb's decision to merge PMs with design panned out?

17 pointstrojanalert1y ago3 comments

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I recently was messaging a host on airbnb and noticed some small papercuts like the Enter button not sending a message (adds a newline instead) and sending a message doesn't scroll to the bottom so I sent the message multiple times unknowingly

So given this, I assume well for their bottom line but not as well for UX

william-evans1y ago

I think they actually merged PMs and with Product Marketing Managers rather than with designers[1]

[1]: https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/brian-chemskys-change-to-produc...

alephnerd1y ago

Also, this is the model that Amazon has used for decades. PM at Amazon owns both GTM Strategy and Product Strategy.

While a handful of PMMs do remain, it's a shadow compared to peers.

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