Tag: engineering management
All the articles with the tag "engineering management".
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Interviewing Developers When AI Writes the Code
The whiteboard algorithm tests a skill the job no longer centers on, and take-home tests can no longer tell you who did the work. Here is what to assess instead - code review, judgment, and how a candidate actually uses AI - plus a practical interview loop for engineering managers.
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Ship Your Team's AI Setup Like a Package
Most teams' AI tooling is tribal knowledge - private prompts, personal configs, nothing shared or reviewed. Treat it as code instead - versioned skills and conventions everyone installs - and your team's AI behavior becomes consistent, reviewable, and improvable like any other part of your system.
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Put the AI Bill in Every Pull Request
Your team ships with AI every day - and almost nobody knows what a single feature actually costs in tokens. Here is how I attach a cost report to every pull request, why cost-per-outcome beats gut feeling, and how to build the same visibility with a small script and a hook.
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From Coder to Solution Architect - The Developer's Next Role
The viral meme says developers end up unemployed by 2027. The job market says something else - Tech Lead postings are fading while Solution Architect roles surge. Here is the real trajectory - from writing code to translating business needs into systems - and how to get ahead of it.
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Build Your Safe Space When You Use AI to Code
Coding with AI only becomes a multiplier when failing is cheap and allowed. Here is how to build the safe space that makes it work - a technical sandbox without production data, and the cultural backing from leadership that gives you permission to make mistakes.