Failmaster Diaries

We have figured out how to utilize the AI tools and improve development velocity on the enterprise products initially built during the Mesozoic era. It's a whole different ballgame when there isn't a mountain of tech debt to dig through.

We need to be cognizant of the impact the AI is having on the industry and adapt our classic engineering roles to the new era. Software development engineers will remain irreplaceable for the foreseeable future, but not without major adaptation to the new landscape.

Experienced engineers want to be left alone to their solitude and productiveness. Leaders have a lot on their plate and need clueless new hires like another hole in their head. Who remains to lead the blind?

Hot topic these days during the rise of the AI era is that no one is hiring junior engineers; not that many have hired inexperienced people in the past - what we are now witnessing is junior apocalypse. At the same time, we are scared there will be a lack of senior engineers in the near future and yet we persevere on the path of making it so.

Culmination of 20 years of growth and experience from a junior software development engineer up to COO and later Direction of Engineering for an entire site, I have a strong belief that the core of building a great team and delivering above expectations is one thing: values .