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Ask HN: Does anyone else feel like a 'manager' now, with AI?

4•keepamovin•5h ago
I've been an "IC" for aages. Now with agentic AI, I basically am the orchestrator, approver, scheduler, big picture planner. I very rarely dive into the code in the weeds now, despite doing that full time for 10+ years (and having programmed as a hobby for 2 decades before that).

I Can get so much more done. I can approach things I wouldn't have taken on before because my natural limitations would have taken me so much longer to overcome. It's changed the entire way I exist. I have more time to think about the big picture things, not just in work, but in life. I feel more like myself, because I get to be in touch with how I actually feel more of the time, rather than having my head in that pure creative flow space. I still get into that, but it's for the planning, orchestation, rarely the code, or it's for something else unrelated to work.

I love the AI revolution. The biggest thing it's given me is time. I can literally move 100 to 200 times faster with current SOTA agentic tools, in my estimation. I feel like I'm "managing" a bunch of high performing, focused, energetic ICs. It can literally turn regular people into their own little labs. I love the AI revolution. It is so cool.

Anyone else feel this way, or can relate, or want to share their own positive experiences?

Comments

nis0s•3h ago
The current state of these tools is like calculators, they’re not going to help you be correct, accurate, precise, or anything else unless you already know a bulk of what you’re doing. The mental model is still your own, it’s just extended by access to more information. If you’re basically rote with what you know, then you’re more likely to be wrong.
keepamovin•3h ago
I guess the way I think of it is, you know that thing they say where they're like "You should employ people smarter than you." That's what AI is to me. You should have people around you that are more capable than you. That's who you want to work with, you can learn from them and succeed with them. That's how I think of it.
nis0s•11m ago
In reality, managers and upper-level peers are threatened by people they perceive smarter than them. Your resume wouldn’t even get past screening if you come across as “better” than the current team.
paulcole•1h ago
The people who hate AI seem to have plenty of time on their hands to respond to posts like this, so be ready. Expect, “If you’re 100 to 200 times faster and are managing a bunch of energetic ICs, what have you produced?”

You’ll never satisfy them with your answers because there is no world in which they are complimentary of AI tools.

IMO (as someone who strongly agrees with you and loves the AI revolution) keep this kind of thing to yourself. I just don’t see the upside of sharing given how overwhelmingly negative the prevailing sentiment is.

keepamovin•47m ago
So far seems good.
muzani•14m ago
More like an engineer for me. The work is reading the plans, adopting the plans to the code, approving the code, making sure it's up to standards, knowing which standards it should be up to, and so on.

I spend a lot more of my day reading up on foundational stuff rather than typing. It's a bit like electrical engineers not being expected to solder as much stuff by hand anymore. The machine does it cleanly. Doesn't mean the work is below us, but we get to focus on the things that count.