Many users see the engineering manager's quit as a smart pivot to AI-native roles and tools that multiply craft skills, while others dismiss the reasoning as shallow or fear wasteful token costs will sink the hype.
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@gokulr If @chamath is right about token costs doubling every 45 days, this will revert fast. My take: There was definitely hope for AI. But these model companies are extremely overcapitalized. The more enterprises move away to cheaper models, it will only sink the boat faster.
@gokulr @chamath The token usage in Fable is obnoxious. It is mostly just speaking to itself and burning through tokens. When the switch to APIs happens for Fable, it will show signs. if the cost of these tokens are greater than hiring people, people will stay.
@gokulr 100%. Pure and traditional people manager are gone just like pure and traditional IC are gone. We now have AI native IC and EM. AI-native EMs that take on multiple dimensions like Product, Program Management, Design and Engineering. New EM a bigger AI-native role.
@gokulr If you love the craft of your job, there’s no better time to be a pm, software engineer, or designer. The tools are incredible multipliers. If you love meetings and talking over doing, it’s going to be a rough next 5 years…
@gokulr If @chamath is right about token costs doubling every 45 days, this will revert fast. My take: There was definitely hope for AI. But these model companies are extremely overcapitalized. The more enterprises move away to cheaper models, it will only sink the boat faster.
@gokulr @chamath The token usage in Fable is obnoxious. It is mostly just speaking to itself and burning through tokens. When the switch to APIs happens for Fable, it will show signs. if the cost of these tokens are greater than hiring people, people will stay.
@gokulr 100%. Pure and traditional people manager are gone just like pure and traditional IC are gone. We now have AI native IC and EM. AI-native EMs that take on multiple dimensions like Product, Program Management, Design and Engineering. New EM a bigger AI-native role.
@gokulr If you love the craft of your job, there’s no better time to be a pm, software engineer, or designer. The tools are incredible multipliers. If you love meetings and talking over doing, it’s going to be a rough next 5 years…
@gokulr Smart move by him. With how things are shifting, being close to the code is the only real way to stay relevant long term.
@gokulr we're hiring if your friend might be interested in connecting!
MANAGERS: BE PROACTIVE One of my closest friends quit his role as Engineering Manager at a decacorn company after 2 years. I asked him why. He replied: "I have accepted that my role won't exist in 5 years, and I must make a proactive change. I need to become an IC Engineer again and manage agents vs managing people." People Managers: The flattening of orgs is one of the most legible trends across organizations of every size. Ignore it at your peril.
@gokulr What would cause us not to need EM’s in five years? Presumably the job of a people manager becomes higher leverage and higher impact as engineering output improves.
Many users see the engineering manager's quit as a smart pivot to AI-native roles and tools that multiply craft skills, while others dismiss the reasoning as shallow or fear wasteful token costs will sink the hype.
Based on 9 visible X reactions from 15 accounts; directional sample.
Ask a question below.
Published answers will appear here.
@gokulr we're hiring if your friend might be interested in connecting!
MANAGERS: BE PROACTIVE One of my closest friends quit his role as Engineering Manager at a decacorn company after 2 years. I asked him why. He replied: "I have accepted that my role won't exist in 5 years, and I must make a proactive change. I need to become an IC Engineer again and manage agents vs managing people." People Managers: The flattening of orgs is one of the most legible trends across organizations of every size. Ignore it at your peril.