If coding is no longer the bottleneck, senior engineers may be better off solo
SawToothKernel · reddit · 2026-09-20
A Reddit hypothesis sparking debate: once coding stops being the bottleneck, a company's collaboration overhead caps velocity, while a skilled senior engineer with AI can ship as much as an entire team.
The author argues talented senior engineers are now better off on their own — provided they automate the marketing side too. The thread discusses whether AI will restructure how companies organize around individual vs team velocity.
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