Engineers quitting manager roles to go hands-on with AI agents, fearing career obsolescence
thedealdirector · x · 2026-09-18
Gergely Orosz shares a telling anecdote: an engineer left a manager job at an enterprise company for a hands-on engineering role at an AI-native firm. The reason — staying meant neither learning to build with AI agents (the company moved too slowly) nor avoiding disruption by faster AI-adopting competitors.
Commenters note the same dynamic now hits go-to-market roles: professionals must weigh whether a well-paying job at a low-AI-adoption company could permanently hurt their odds of landing high-profile positions later.
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