Management on [:: LAMBWIRE ::]https://lambwire.net/tags/management/Recent content in Management on [:: LAMBWIRE ::]Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-USjohnlamb@lambwire.net (John Lamb)johnlamb@lambwire.net (John Lamb)John LambTue, 03 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0600Did engineering managers catch the luckiest of breaks?https://lambwire.net/workbench/em-lucky-break/Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0600johnlamb@lambwire.net (John Lamb)https://lambwire.net/workbench/em-lucky-break/<p>Are EMs actually the ones poised to benefit the most from agentic coding? This article makes the case they have all the right skills for the coming AI age after honing their craft managing teams of engineers. Exchange engineers for Claude, Claude, and Claude and it turns out their job is the same.</p>Are EMs actually the ones poised to benefit the most from agentic coding? This article makes the case they have all the right skills for the coming AI age after honing their craft managing teams of engineers. Exchange engineers for Claude, Claude, and Claude and it turns out their job is the same.

Coming off a few years of flipping between tech lead and management, I have to agree. Trusting agents with coding is no big deal after you’ve had experience handing the reigns over to your team. What’s more important is the process they (agents or humans) follow. Force agents to jump through the same engineering design hoops (design, plan, implement, review) and the results are impressively good.

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