| ▲ | dc396 3 days ago | |
Mostly agreed. In a previous life, I used to write code, then got Peter Principled upwards to the point where I "trusted" the engineers under me to do their job. Did I understand all the code my team wrote? Of course not. Even if I wanted to review all the code written by 20+ developers to the point where I could stay I understood it, there simply wasn't enough hours in the day to do so. I figure what is happening is (human) software engineering as a discipline, at least on large scale projects, is rapidly and irreversibly mutating to software project management. But instead of managing teams of people, you're managing teams of agents. Where I disagree with your comment is in the assertion that everyone "can move one level up the system hierarchy." Some folks can't, so they'll stagnate. Welcome to the Peter Principle World. | ||
| ▲ | imtringued 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
This is illogical. I see this everywhere but it is wrong. If you're developing an agentiv system to build software for you in an automated way using a fleet of agents, you're still an engineer of a technical system even if that system is operating on somewhat fuzzy logic. Management involves complete delegation and instead the task is to find a capable person for the task and then mostly let them just give feedback so you know whether you hired the right person or whether you need someone else. When you're working with a fleet of agents, you're not assembling a team of heterogeneous workers with different skills, you're hiring the same guy over and over again, hoping that he can do any job and yy same guy I also mean that the guy does not learn anything new over time. Meaning traditional management skills count for nothing here. | ||
| ▲ | bluefirebrand 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> Even if I wanted to review all the code written by 20+ developers to the point where I could stay I understood it, there simply wasn't enough hours in the day to do so. The difference of course being that you had 20+ developers who did understand it. With AI generated code no one has that understanding. The AI sure doesn't > Some folks can't, so they'll stagnate. And we have no answer for those people. Just "fuck you the world changed and you're being left behind"? Where exactly does that lead? | ||