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I’d counter that at this ratio the work should be to find a different role or organization. …#
I’d counter that at this ratio the work should be to find a different role or organization.
“The ratio starts to look more like Meta’s 50-to-1 than the 7-to-1 that researchers have long considered optimal.
In this version of the role, the work becomes almost entirely non-technical. You’re running one-to-ones with people working on completely different problems, handling performance management, coordinating between teams, and reporting upward.”
https://leaddev.com/career-development/the-engineering-manager-role-is-splitting-in-two
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AI ops tools both (1) compensate for the lack of distributed context propagation and (2) increase…#
AI ops tools both (1) compensate for the lack of distributed context propagation and (2) increase the value of distributed context propagation.
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“Your friends eventually tell you your idea sucks. Claude won’t. Because Claude’s job is n…#
“Your friends eventually tell you your idea sucks. Claude won’t.
Because Claude’s job is not to protect you from delusion. Claude’s job is to keep the addictive interaction going.”
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Finished “Seeing Like a State” a little while back. If you’re in to the four ways of work, …#
Finished “Seeing Like a State” a little while back. If you’re in to the four ways of work, the limitations of command and control, and how representations reflect power structures, I think you’ll like it. Especially pertinent to DX and the agentic efficiency/effectiveness/ROI conversations in many orgs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State