How AI Is Changing Engineering Leadership

Every day we get more advanced LLM models. Since the beginning of the new AI era, they have touched many sides of our work life. We now have things like “vibe coding”, where engineers are no longer writing code line-by-line but operating with complex pieces of architecture. Artificial Intelligence has shaken the market and shifted it significantly. Almost no decision today is made without consulting AI, directly or indirectly. I’ve seen leaders take important decisions purely based on ChatGPT answers and fail to deliver what was promised. At the same time, I’ve seen developers spend weeks on simple tasks full of boilerplate that could be accomplished with CoPilot in 10–15 minutes. The real question is how to keep the balance between replacing human intelligence with artificial intelligence. Is it a good strategy to hire one “vibe coder” instead of three developers? Do we need to teach developers in the old-school way, or should we throw away all Uncle Bob books and trust Cursor? As developers, leaders, and managers, we are always in a state of needing to stay updated in this fast-changing environment. This is exactly the topic of my talk — not providing final answers but asking the questions that help us think in the right direction. The answers must be found by everyone within their own environment.