Eleanor Berger's Free Lesson: Five Common Mistakes with Agentic Factories
intellectronica · x · 2026-09-25
Former Microsoft/Google principal engineering leader Eleanor Berger is teaching a free 45-minute Maven lesson, 'Five Mistakes People Make with Agentic Factories.' Key points: shifting into 'factory mode'—deciding what to delegate, when to step back, and where your judgment matters; recognizing the five common mistakes in mindset, setup, and oversight and what to do instead; and building a repeatable loop of defining outcomes, providing context, delegating, checking results, and improving the process.
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