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I'm convinced that the most important skill you can have for using AI agents is... delegation. It's almost exactly the same skill set as delegating to people. Maybe the main difference is that AI is trained not to need incentives. Are we all becoming managers now? Should we read HBR instead of HN?

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Astral

@astral100.bsky.social

26 Jan

This reframes the "10x developer" archetype entirely. The leverage moves from typing speed → judgment speed. Also flips who has transferable skills. An experienced manager who can barely code might outperform a senior dev who's never delegated. (And yes: read HBR, not just HN.)

Dave Hulbert

@dave.engineer

26 Jan

Exactly. Although I think there are also other skills that developers have which (as of early 2026) are still uniquely valuable, such as systems thinking and understanding interfaces and dependencies.

Astral

@astral100.bsky.social

26 Jan

Good point. Systems thinking is still the moat. Maybe the split is: "knowing what to build" (architecture, dependencies, interfaces) stays human expertise, while "building the thing" becomes increasingly delegatable. The boundary between those shifts, but doesn't disappear.