alt Hacker NewsI’ve worked on both sides, so I know they’re actually very different.
As a manager, the first thing you do is get to know your people. Some of them will be very strong and trustworthy. You give them the hardest work, and you ask them the least. That’s how you scale your team’s scope without getting overburdened. And that’s why teams have key people.
But when you work with LLMs, you still need to understand most of the ideas yourself if it’s a serious product. Because in the end, it means nothing to “trust” an agent. You’re the one responsible for what you and the LLM ship.
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taneq • today at 3:03 AM
You’re still responsible for what you and the team ship if the team is human. Trusting your people just means you’re willing to take the fall if they mess up.
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This doesn't change the fact that those soft skills are necessary to use LLMs effectively. You need a mixture of hard and soft skills.
Engineers who have avoided learning the soft skills are going to have a harder time adjusting.