Amazon engineering leadership: AI not helping your work is a finding, not a failing
Simon Willison · rss · 2026-10-28
Simon Willison quotes Amazon engineering leadership's update on the developer's role in the age of AI: if your work does not benefit from current AI tooling, that is a finding, not a failing. Document why, share it with peers, bring it to your manager, and work toward solutions. An engineer who can explain where AI does not yet help demonstrates exactly the judgment being asked for.
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