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← Large engineering projects are more soluble in IQ than they appear, and many tech companies are overstaffed

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Everything filed under team size team size Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under management management Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Large engineering projects are more soluble in IQ than they appear, and many tech companies are overstaffed Large engineering projects are moresoluble in IQ than they appear, and manytech companies are overstaffed Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 NF Nat Friedman — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: People may be overestimating how many problems are bound by intelligence rather than by other things. — tap to centre the map on it People may be overestimating howmany problems are bound byintelligence rather than by otherthings. Last stated a month ago 6 Sept 2026 AA Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few larger teams under experienced engineering managers outperform many tiny teams each led by a working tech lead. — tap to centre the map on it A few larger teams under experiencedengineering managers outperform manytiny teams each led by a workingtech lead. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Jan 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-01-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Smart people tend to over-value optionality and under-value commitment. — tap to centre the map on it Smart people tend to over-valueoptionality and under-valuecommitment. Last stated 4 years ago 6 Jul 2022 AH Auren Hoffman — holds since 2022-07-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is infinite demand for intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it There is infinite demand forintelligence. Last stated a month ago 9 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Tech people tend to overestimate the risk of mass job loss from AI. — tap to centre the map on it Tech people tend to overestimate therisk of mass job loss from AI. Last stated 4 weeks ago 23 Sept 2026 SS Scott Sumner — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of the most successful people in any industry are wicked smart. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of the most successful peoplein any industry are wicked smart. Last stated 2 weeks ago 7 Oct 2026 MH Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Working with coding agents is exhausting rather than deskilling, and that exhaustion — not the technology — is what limits how many projects one engineer can run at once. — tap to centre the map on it Working with coding agents isexhausting rather than deskilling,and that exhaustion — not thetechnology — is what limits how manyprojects one engineer can run atonce. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 SW Simon Willison — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Many highly intelligent people tend to be insecure and risk-averse. — tap to centre the map on it Many highly intelligent people tendto be insecure and risk-averse. Last stated 5 years ago 22 Feb 2022 NN Neel Nanda — holds since 2022-02-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it A few senior individual contributorscan be paid VP money and still costless than the layered product orgthey replace. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it A functionally organised engineeringteam seizes up at around a hundredpeople, because every feature thenhas to be negotiated against everyother team's bandwidth. Last stated 7 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it A group of fewer than four people isnot a team: it behaves like a set ofindividuals, and a single departureknocks it back into maintenance. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Jul 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI favours tiny teams of high-agency individual contributors with blurred roles, and the coordinating manager is not needed until it is time to polish. — tap to centre the map on it AI favours tiny teams of high-agencyindividual contributors with blurredroles, and the coordinating manageris not needed until it is time topolish. Last stated 2 years ago 25 Mar 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-branded layoffs are not about AI; they are about badly run companies putting an AI label on having hired too many people. — tap to centre the map on it AI-branded layoffs are not about AI;they are about badly run companiesputting an AI label on having hiredtoo many people. Last stated 3 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: An engineering manager should support six to eight engineers: fewer and they drift into being a tech lead, more and they can only be a coach. — tap to centre the map on it An engineering manager shouldsupport six to eight engineers:fewer and they drift into being atech lead, more and they can only bea coach. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Jul 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI gives an individual contributor so much leverage that one very senior product manager beats three entry-level ones. — tap to centre the map on it AI gives an individual contributorso much leverage that one verysenior product manager beats threeentry-level ones. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: With AI handling routine tasks, the high-value human work of understanding client needs and trade-offs can be done by a smaller, more proactive team. — tap to centre the map on it With AI handling routine tasks, thehigh-value human work ofunderstanding client needs andtrade-offs can be done by a smaller,more proactive team. Last stated a year ago 11 Jun 2025 JF Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2025-06-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: With AI tools, in-house development teams can do more and need less rented developer capacity. — tap to centre the map on it With AI tools, in-house developmentteams can do more and need lessrented developer capacity. Last stated a month ago 19 Sept 2026 GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Large engineering projects are more soluble in IQ than they appear, and many tech companies are overstaffed Last stated 4 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Nat Friedman Read this korrent →