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Do execs really dream of entirely removing their engineering departments? If this happens then I would expect some seriously large companies to fail in the futu
by Quarrelsome 1y ago
Do execs really dream of entirely removing their engineering departments? If this happens then I would expect some seriously large companies to fail in the future. For every good idea an exec has, they have X bad ideas that will cause problems and their engineers save them from those. Conversely an entirely AI engineering team will say "yes sir, right on it" to every request.
- pjmlp 1y agoYes, that is exactly how offshoring and enterprise consulting takes place.
- eikenberry 1y ago.. and why they fail.
- pjmlp 1y agoApparently not, given that it is the bread and butter of Fortune 500 consulting.
- crinkly 1y agoThe consultancies are successful. The customers aren’t usually quite as fortunate from experience. A great example is the current Tata disaster in the UK with M&S.
- pjmlp 1y agoYet they keep sending RFPs and hiring consultancies, because at the end of the day what matters are those Excel sheets, not what people on the field think about the service. Some C level MBAs get a couple of lunches together, or a golf match, exchange a bit of give and take, discounts for the next gig, business as usual. Have you seen how valuable companies like Tata are, despite such examples?
- bigfatkitten 1y ago> A great example is the current Tata disaster in the UK with M&S. Their customers know they are awful, and they don’t care because at least in the short term, they are cheap. At least one major financial institution has a team within their security org dedicated to responding to TCS and HCL’s fuckups.
- crinkly 1y agoYes. Execs love AI because it’s the sycophant they need to massage their narcissism. I’d really love to be replaced by AI. At that point I can take a few months off paid gardening leave before they are forced to rehire me.
- Quarrelsome 1y agoIdk I feel like execs would run out of make up before they accept their ideas are a pig. I worry this stuff is gonna work "just enough" to let them fool themselves for long enough to sink their orgs. I'm envisioning a blog post on linkedin in the future: > "How Claude Code ruined my million dollar business"
- crinkly 1y agoWorking out how to capitalise on their failures is the only winning proposition. My brother did pretty well out of selling Aerons.
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