A field guide that also covers why we need to rethink our expectations, and what software engineering really is. A guest post by software engineer and engineering leader Addy Osmani
What actually works: practical patterns. AI-first draft, constant conversation, and “trust but verify” patterns.
So… being an expert who communicates, being an expert in copying templates, and being an expert who knows what they’re doing?
Yes, it turns out that “Effective Leadership,” contrary to what people selling you books about AI and business are saying, remains the same as it’s been for thousands of years:
Listen to the people who do the work
Support them in doing their work
Get yourself and other obstacles out of the way of people doing the work
Ah but that won’t sell books or convince the Board that you and you alone have the Sauce which will counteract all collective human knowledge and make them infinite money.
Salesbros and SEO and the takeover of tech by business have utterly destroyed what it means to be an engineer, an expert, or even just a person.
So… being an expert who communicates, being an expert in copying templates, and being an expert who knows what they’re doing?
Yes, it turns out that “Effective Leadership,” contrary to what people selling you books about AI and business are saying, remains the same as it’s been for thousands of years:
Ah but that won’t sell books or convince the Board that you and you alone have the Sauce which will counteract all collective human knowledge and make them infinite money.
Salesbros and SEO and the takeover of tech by business have utterly destroyed what it means to be an engineer, an expert, or even just a person.