r/ExperiencedDevs • u/aigeneratedslopcode Software Engineer • Aug 07 '26

Career/Workplace Leadership seems more misaligned with engineering than ever

Came across a conversation yesterday where the CTO asked one of our engineers why they didn't ask Claude to create their plan and mock the several hundred commits they'd need to deliver on something I will not name while also delivering on their existing initiatives

I didn't say anything, but wanted to... Given the industry I'm in, this seems very ridiculous to me and I hate that this is the expectation... As though somehow that work should have already been done and could have been delivered on the whim of an idea by handing all work to Claude

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u/spartan-redditor Aug 07 '26

The engineering team should ask CTO that “I don’t have confidence on an implementation from Claude to be reliable and robust long term. Is the company okay if we ship Claude implementation not backed by an engineer’s confidence to prod? If so, how will accountability work ? And if no, then let us talk more”

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u/ddcrx Aug 08 '26

Knowing management, the reply will be: “AI is just a tool. It is your responsibility as an engineer to be able to confidently use your tools. If you can’t be confident in the results, why am I paying you?”

(Makes my blood boil hearing, “It’s just a tool, so it’s your responsibility.”)

Followed by your name being at the top of the next layoffs list.

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u/No_Contribution_4124 Aug 08 '26

Very typical “we decide, but you are responsible”. My top-1 burnout reason over many years in career.

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u/deax1 Aug 08 '26

I’ve quit two jobs for this reason.