AI Reshapes R&D Management: 85% ICs and Managers Shipping Code
davidhoang · x · 2026-08-13
David Hoang shares how team organization and management styles are evolving in the AI era. He notes that 85% of his direct reports are Individual Contributors (ICs), and while management layers exist, hierarchy is not allowed to hinder collaboration.
In his daily routine, he still conducts 1:1s, meetings, and talent reviews. However, the key shift is that he is no longer a bottleneck for context transfer. Instead, he uses AI to prototype new directions and even ship Pull Requests (PRs) himself. He emphasizes that modern managers must understand the "material of intelligence."
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