After a month of vibe coding, boss cuts devs in half and doubles PMs
dotey · x · 2026-09-04
An AI transformation consultant revisits a client company: after the boss spent a month coding hard with Claude Code and Codex, the company fired its tech lead (who couldn't embrace AI coding), cut developers by half, and doubled product managers.
dotey's commentary: leads who can't adopt AI coding drag the whole team down; once coding isn't the bottleneck, deciding what to build matters more, so PMs multiply and dev+product hybrids become valuable; QA workload may actually grow since faster shipping means less stable quality. Hiring more PMs also signals the business is expanding.
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