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I think they just realize their job (at least at the middle level) could near entirely be replaced by AI being fed tickets and company emails by an intern

• altairprime 2mo ago
  Not so much! Management is effort that needs to be contributed, and I think a lot of the engineering community division we're seeing around AI stems from "Do you enjoy management?". Either you do, in which case AI is a godsend, or you do not, in which case AI is a tire fire — but in both cases, the outcome stems from AI needing to be managed in order to be effective. Middle managers exist to handle the day-to-day management of workers, so that leadership don't have to keep context-shifting between 'manage the organization' and 'manage the workers'. Today, AI is currently only able to replace workers. If, someday, AI can manage itself without direction and without costing exorbitant amounts per week to do so, then yes: middle managers will see the same work catastrophe served upon them by upper managers. This also highlights that 'AI manager' is perhaps the most sought-after role in software engineering right now, except that workers aren't being demanding or being offered a manager's salary. Big win versus labor for corporations there, especially if they can normalize middle managers taking a career-wide pay cut while everyone is excited about AI :)