The Future of Engineering Leadership in the Age of AI

"In the next 10-15 years, I'm either going to be a CTO cleaning up after AI, or maybe there won't be people like me anymore because we're just going to write the specs and generate the whole app from scratch every time"In this episode of The Hangar DX podcast, Ankit Jain, co-founder and CEO of Aviator, talks to Meri Williams, CTO at  @pleo_io , about what the future looks like for engineering managers in the age of AI coding.Meri also shares why engineering organizations can't thrive without managers, what makes a good engineering manager,  how to scale tech and teams when AI writes the code, and how to prevent accruing tech debt while doing it. 00:00 The Changing Landscape of Engineering Management10:20 Navigating Technical Debt in Software Development19:52 The Future of Engineering Management35:58 Adapting to AI in Engineering ManagementAbout Meri WilliamsMeri is an experienced CTO and leader of technology organisations. They particularly enjoy helping others to level up as technical leaders and managers of organizations by working as a CTO coach and tech advisor / NED to various companies in this capacity through micro-consultancy ChromeRose.About Hangar DX (https://dx.community/)The Hangar is a community of senior DevOps engineers and senior software engineers, focused on enhancing the developer experience. This is a space where vetted, experienced professionals can exchange ideas, share hard-earned wisdom, troubleshoot issues, and help each other in their projects and careers.We invite developers who work in DX and platform teams at their respective companies, or who are interested in developer productivity.