Shy, this post offers a great take on what I've been contemplating and working on for several months. Engineering teams are poised to experience an incredible amount of change. While AI is set to drive much of this shift, and though it may seem unsettling, it also presents an opportunity to deepen human connections within teams. No degree of automation can substitute our fundamental need to feel heard, acknowledged, and meaningfully connected at work. Engineering managers will have to be even more thoughtful about what is worth automating and what's not. I think experienced engineers who have been part of multiple teams and perhaps worked in remote and collocated environments will have more context and potentially better intuition on how to go about it.
Strongly agree with this: "No degree of automation can substitute our fundamental need to feel heard, acknowledged, and meaningfully connected at work".
Yes, it is hard and sometimes impossible to keep track of everything, so you must look beyond the facts because, in the long run, it is not about remembering a specific request, but if you improved that person's situation. Consistency just works.
Shy, this post offers a great take on what I've been contemplating and working on for several months. Engineering teams are poised to experience an incredible amount of change. While AI is set to drive much of this shift, and though it may seem unsettling, it also presents an opportunity to deepen human connections within teams. No degree of automation can substitute our fundamental need to feel heard, acknowledged, and meaningfully connected at work. Engineering managers will have to be even more thoughtful about what is worth automating and what's not. I think experienced engineers who have been part of multiple teams and perhaps worked in remote and collocated environments will have more context and potentially better intuition on how to go about it.
Strongly agree with this: "No degree of automation can substitute our fundamental need to feel heard, acknowledged, and meaningfully connected at work".
Yes, it is hard and sometimes impossible to keep track of everything, so you must look beyond the facts because, in the long run, it is not about remembering a specific request, but if you improved that person's situation. Consistency just works.