How technical should a PM be on a platform team?

Instruction: Answer this as if an interviewer asked it directly. Emphasize tradeoffs, context, and how you would apply the concept in practice.

Context: Tests deeper PM judgment beyond definitions. Strong answers should connect the concept to tradeoffs, context, and real decision-making.

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For a platform team, I want enough technical fluency to understand the architecture, the major constraints, and the tradeoffs behind engineering proposals. That means I should be comfortable discussing APIs, reliability targets, dependency...

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