'AI Babysitter' Is the New Job: Keeping Agent Queues at 100% Utilization
petesena · x · 2026-10-03
- A developer's viral take: the hottest new job is babysitting agents — queueing the next task before the current one finishes, rewriting prompts when they stall, pasting errors back, and cheerleading so utilization never drops below 100%.
- You no longer write code or copy; you manage "a room of extremely expensive interns who stop the second you look away." The post is really a sharp observation that today's agent workflows still depend on constant human orchestration — and jokes that the highest-paid skill is neuroticism.
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