GenAI is not going to build your engineering team for you
Also, understanding GenZ software engineers and addressing "bad agile".
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Generative AI is not going to build your engineering team for you (Charity Majors)
Relying solely on AI for junior roles risks losing the future talent pipeline critical for long-term success.
Invest in training and mentoring to build a strong, sustainable team that grows with your company.
Use AI tools to enhance productivity, but remember they can't match the nuanced understanding and adaptability of human engineers.
By not hiring and training up junior engineers, we are cannibalizing our own future.
What do GenZ software engineers really think? (Survey by Gergely Orosz & Elin Nilsson)
GenZ is your next wave of tech talent, and knowing what they value can help you keep them around.
Make your workplace open and adaptable. Let them be themselves, and they'll give you their best.
They want jobs that help them grow and feel purposeful. Align roles with their passions to keep them engaged.
Recognize that GenZ filks learn in various ways. Appreciate skills gained outside traditional education to attract more talent.
Great software teams don't release in phases (Anton Zaides)
Releasing features in rigid phases limits agility and responsiveness to customer feedback, stifling innovation.
The author suggest to always define metrics to evaluate each phase or feature, ensuring you know what's working.
Stay flexible and be willing to abandon or adjust the roadmap based on real-world feedback.
Explain to your team why changes are made to maintain trust and morale.
A decision to stop working on a feature is one of the best signs of a strong product culture.
More reads
Insights from random coffees (Aleix Morgadas)
How to create software quality (Will Larson)
Tech leadership skills for 2024 (Aviv Ben-Yosef)
Medieval jobs that don't exist anymore (video by Metatron)
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I’m Yassine 👋 I spend a big chunk of my time digging into engineering management and talent acquisition, especially where the two overlap. I share the most interesting resources I come across in this newsletter, all curated by hand.