> You have to actually do the hard part of interacting with people and understanding their needs and so on within the context of work.
Which is why it’s surprising that management is salivating at the idea of replacing employees and expecting 1 employee to do the work of 10 with the help of AI agents. If the value you bring is to manage people, you shouldn’t be happy at the idea of fewer people having jobs.
Again, what exactly are their jobs? You can’t automate them but you won’t need them either. If an org shrinks from 1000 engineers to 500 or worse, do you really keep those managers/directors/VPs around?
Which is why it’s surprising that management is salivating at the idea of replacing employees and expecting 1 employee to do the work of 10 with the help of AI agents. If the value you bring is to manage people, you shouldn’t be happy at the idea of fewer people having jobs.