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I just joined a 30-person AI startup in the Bay Area as Director of Engineering.

Two non-coding founders (CEO and CTO) and a flat team. We have 2 PMs, 20 engineers. Every engineer is senior or staff level. They use Claude Code and AI agents etc quite well.

What is my job in an environment like this? According to the CTO, I'm to improve the velocity and productivity while also balancing quality.

Also, are there any Bay Area meetups or peer groups where engineering leaders are actually talking about this specific setup?

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Ask HN: What do you watch during lunch or dinner, if you're by yourself?

Is AI used in school system and how are they implementing it

I built a new PoW protocol and observed a surprisingly early solution

Ask HN: What's expected from an engineering manager or director now?

Ask HN: Which Jabber clients support SCRAM+ and XEP-0474

Ask HN: What livestream do you keep open in a tab?

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Ask HN: What are some popular AI detection software that you know/have used?

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Who's making money from using/exploiting AI?

What is the status on continual learning for LLMs?

Ask HN: What happens when we do compress the context in Claude Code?

Ask HN: What do you do when your AI agents are working?

Tell HN: A.I Labs are headed by people without world manufacturing experience

The Cost of Seamlessness

Will it be possible to do LLM Pool Training?

Ask HN: Is neuromorphic computing going to replace traditional AI?

Ask HN: Why are Meta products so bad?

Has anyone figured out how to guard LLMs on kernel level?

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