alt Hacker NewsWe have a machine that's really good at consuming text and summarizing it for someone else, with the caveat that it never really owns anything or is accountable for it.
Why do we have middle managers still, while we're replacing programmers? Really says a lot about how decisions are made, we're hierarchical monkeys at the core.
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You might be missing the value that a good middle manager brings to the table. Ensure the right people are working on the right things. In terms of project progress, in terms of personality fit, in terms of personal development, in terms of bus factor, etc. Ensure the right people are talking to each other, attend the meetings they should (and only those), have the right equipment, get their technical concerns heard. Shield their team from department politics or overburdening bureaucracy. And so much more. Those things are unlikely to be automatable with LLMs. Arguably harder so than writing code.
If you have only bad middle management around you then it might be time to either step up and do it better or find a different place to work, since there are places with excellent middle management.
> we're hierarchical monkeys at the core
How could you ever think otherwise?