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29 Sept 2026
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Danny Martinez — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Expecting one first recruiting hire both to fill a backlog of roles and to build the hiring system is generally a mistake. — tap to centre the map on it Expecting one first recruiting hire both to fill a backlog of roles and to build the hiring system is generally a mistake. Last stated 2 months ago
9 Aug 2026
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Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Compared with five or ten years ago a company needs fewer narrow specialists and more people who are adaptable in several directions. — tap to centre the map on it Compared with five or ten years ago a company needs fewer narrow specialists and more people who are adaptable in several directions. Last stated 3 months ago
19 Jul 2026
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Elizabeth Stone — holds since 2026-07-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Each person, team and company has to decide what its roles are now and what the tools take over, as soon as possible, before that decision is made for it. — tap to centre the map on it Each person, team and company has to decide what its roles are now and what the tools take over, as soon as possible, before that decision is made for it. Last stated 7 months ago
10 Mar 2026
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Luis Ouriach — holds since 2026-03-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Onboarding probably matters much more now than it did before. — tap to centre the map on it Onboarding probably matters much more now than it did before. Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Nan Yu — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Within about a year everyone's job will change, though people will not lose their positions. — tap to centre the map on it Within about a year everyone's job will change, though people will not lose their positions. Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Elena Verna — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Running six agents is using six tools at once, not managing a team, because no tool believes something different from you or has a different energy level today. — tap to centre the map on it Running six agents is using six tools at once, not managing a team, because no tool believes something different from you or has a different energy level today. Last stated 6 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Kent Beck — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is no right hiring process, but there is a wrong one: not having something you do religiously as a company. — tap to centre the map on it There is no right hiring process, but there is a wrong one: not having something you do religiously as a company. Last stated 2 months ago
7 Aug 2026
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Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Within about a year everyone will have at least one agent they talk to and offload work to. — tap to centre the map on it Within about a year everyone will have at least one agent they talk to and offload work to. Last stated 4 months ago
24 May 2026
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Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — 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 contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. Last stated 2 months ago
2 Aug 2026
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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 engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. Last stated 6 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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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 is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. Last stated 8 years ago
14 Jul 2018
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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-agency individual contributors with blurred roles, and the coordinating manager is not needed until it is time to polish. Last stated 2 years ago
25 Mar 2025
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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 companies putting an AI label on having hired too many people. Last stated a week ago
27 Sept 2026
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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 should support six to eight engineers: fewer and they drift into being a tech lead, more and they can only be a coach. Last stated 8 years ago
14 Jul 2018
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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 contributor so much leverage that one very senior product manager beats three entry-level ones. Last stated 2 months ago
2 Aug 2026
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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, the high-value human work of understanding client needs and trade-offs can be done by a smaller, more proactive team. Last stated a year ago
11 Jun 2025
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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 development teams can do more and need less rented developer capacity. Last stated 2 weeks ago
19 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
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Many roles that used to be two or three different people are now being hired as one, whether or not that is right.
Holds Read this korrent →
Expecting one first recruiting hire both to fill a backlog of roles and to build the hiring system is generally a mistake.
Holds
Compared with five or ten years ago a company needs fewer narrow specialists and more people who are adaptable in several directions.
Holds
Each person, team and company has to decide what its roles are now and what the tools take over, as soon as possible, before that decision is made for it.
Holds
Onboarding probably matters much more now than it did before.
Holds
Within about a year everyone's job will change, though people will not lose their positions.
Holds
Running six agents is using six tools at once, not managing a team, because no tool believes something different from you or has a different energy level today.
Holds
There is no right hiring process, but there is a wrong one: not having something you do religiously as a company.
Holds
Within about a year everyone will have at least one agent they talk to and offload work to.
Holds
A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace.
Holds
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.
Holds
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.
Holds
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.
Holds
AI-branded layoffs are not about AI; they are about badly run companies putting an AI label on having hired too many people.
Holds
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.
Holds
AI gives an individual contributor so much leverage that one very senior product manager beats three entry-level ones.
Holds
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.
Holds
With AI tools, in-house development teams can do more and need less rented developer capacity.
Holds