Reasons Engineers Hate Their Managers in the Age of AI
Seven Reasons Engineers Hate Their Managers in the Age of AI 1. Information-gathering is becoming more siloed When I first joined Fieldwire, I joined as an engineering manager who had no previous experience contributing to Fieldwire’s codebase. No historical knowledge of product decisions, no context on tech debt that hung around, no sense of tech design plans that were implemented or scrapped.
- ▪Seven Reasons Engineers Hate Their Managers in the Age of AI 1.
- ▪Information-gathering is becoming more siloed When I first joined Fieldwire, I joined as an engineering manager who had no previous experience contributing to Fieldwire’s codebase.
- ▪No historical knowledge of product decisions, no context on tech debt that hung around, no sense of tech design plans that were implemented or scrapped.
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| Publication time | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:19:54 +0000 |
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Seven Reasons Engineers Hate Their Managers in the Age of AI 1. Information-gathering is becoming more siloed When I first joined Fieldwire, I joined as an engineering manager who had no previous experience contributing to Fieldwire’s codebase. I was a blank slate. No historical knowledge of product decisions, no context on tech debt that hung around, no sense of tech design plans that were implemented or scrapped. And for me, the best way to learn more was to ask around. Sometimes I’d ask people to point me to documentation, RFCs, or old JIRA tickets, but sometimes I’d just ask people to talk me through it directly. It’d mean we’d have an extra-long 1-1, a nice coffee walk, or an extra team huddle.
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