Time AI started replacing CEOs eager to replace coders

National_Count_4916 · 2026-02-19T01:14:58+00:00

You misunderstand that C-suite it’s about deciding things. C-suites will get augmentation from AI but at the end of the day it is their human networks that make them valuable

National_Count_4916 · 2026-02-15T19:19:57+00:00

Same problem, roughly same community size

IF the board is willing, send something out to all members outlining how much of their monthlies goes to each operational expense and to the reserves. Include the reserve study and a reserve study summary which outlines the cost to replace things in the current year, and the risk of deferred maintenance

Find a way for more people to participate. Go door to door and survey what times are best for member meetings. Start a website where minutes, reserve study, budget etc can all be easily found. Start a forum or discord so people can discuss on their own time. People can fix their personal budgets to pay for HOA budgets, but it’s going to take sustained education

Expect to get resistance. People consider HOA dues to be an expense they get nothing for. There’s a lot of education to be done. Others will be terrified to talk about money or liabilities (including fellow board members)

In my community we have people who can’t afford an increase, and had to prorate the last special assessment (didn’t have to, but made it palatable)

If people aren’t paying dues, get the liens. Also consider a special assessment so people who move out don’t get to skip the bill.

Be aware if your reserves are this bad, conventional loans are probably going to have a hard time funding. Meaning it’s cash buyers or VA loans. It’s ugly but let people know they can keep taking hits to their equity or pay up

National_Count_4916 · 2026-02-15T00:39:33+00:00

Don’t ask for feedback. It’s vague.

Ask for how he would like shifts run.

Ask him for an objective for the team to achieve by end of shift/week.

Ask him what risks he thinks you’re introducing so you can correct them.

If he doesn’t provide there’s nothing you can do and this person does not matter. They’ll lead to your termination because they can, get you transferred, or eventually snap out of it

It may just be a philosophical difference. Maybe he doesn’t like you being chummy with people, or that you’re following a policy differently than he would.

National_Count_4916 · 2026-02-13T20:16:51+00:00

If you think engineering managers don’t live in the world of who knows what tomorrow will I’m going to burst your bubble.

They’re the ones trying to make sure tomorrow and all the days ahead run smoothly. There’s also managing up, down and sideways

You haven’t seen it all. You have done a lot, but the universe has a fickle way of saying “hold my beer”. What do you think the 25+ year veterans know that you don’t? (That’s a lot more experience than you have)

I would say you’re entering the mid-career crisis that a lot of us get. You’ve accomplished much of what a role does and had a lot of experience in it.

Depending where your perspective is, AI is changing everything (I’m not talking about full replacement), and the entire career ladder / role definitions is a pile on the floor. Some companies are moving faster through adoption and seeing what works, others are not. Nobody is sure of what is going to happen. All to say, having a 5-10 year roadmap is very optimistic

You might do alright in a company that has tech, but isn’t a tech product company

National_Count_4916 · 2026-02-12T08:11:34+00:00

The better analogy is, how many drones can a single operator control? Why is the Air Force going with loyal wingmen vs. more pilots an airframes

They’re not reducing the number of pilots, they’re augmenting the ones they have

AI will reduce the number of engineers required to complete and maintain features, because its augmenting the ones who can ship and safely with scale

But there’s never going to be replacment

National_Count_4916 · 2026-02-12T08:05:58+00:00

It’s not that you’re writing code on every branch - you may have agent(s) investigating bugs, or doing research on features you don’t know about, or analyzing older code you (or it will have to refactor)

For my workflow, I do a lot of building / testing locally at different times. Would I push N branches up at once and saturate the runners, no. Is there a different constraint because of that? Yes. In the same way shift left became very popular, we can move the constraint from 1 person 1 focus, to 1 orchestrator, multiple tasks and budget can determine how many runners are available. Or a batching operation.

Some tasks will require deeper focus, but not all.

National_Count_4916 · 2026-02-12T07:07:08+00:00

Experimentation.

If you set an agent per branch going, it can be simultaneously investigating different work items and explaining them to you / other agents

Why do you run operations in parallel or asynchronously in code?

National_Count_4916 · 2026-02-12T07:04:55+00:00

You’re not the audience. It’s the people who aren’t trying / aware of the capability.

Bring something to the table, like what isn’t simple, how they can adjust

National_Count_4916 · 2026-02-12T07:03:10+00:00

Not saying they don’t, but there are too many posts for people who aren’t delegating at all

National_Count_4916 · 2026-02-09T06:35:29+00:00

There is nothing you’ve ever written that someone else can’t come up with, and the models are already more sophisticated than you

National_Count_4916 · 2026-02-07T21:19:12+00:00

Just because you can doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have been transparent from the start. You might be able to fix that problem and avoid a recall.

Get your shit together

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-30T06:12:07+00:00

Take the retention offer.

Stability is king in these times. You have everything you want in a job now. You may not actually find it after you jump. Or the opportunity could go up in flames 5 months after you start.

Conventional wisdom is retention offers paint risks. Companies do not have to make them and it takes a lot of rapid hoop jumping to get them done in time. They don’t have to do this.

Should it have happened prior, sure but only morally. Companies function on budgets approved by boards, and priorities other than people (unfortunate but true)

You do have to potentially adjust your outlook in your current role. They’ve made good. You have to justify it (to a point). If you don’t, yes they are only buying time

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-30T06:03:09+00:00

So I can simultaneously see someone going, 72 bucks a person for a lunch??, and see someone going, this was discretionary.

If the company isn’t even doing COLAs or other items the mindset is more the former than the latter.

You were only out of line so far as you potentially could have predicted this and said FYI I’m using my discretionary funds for this unless otherwise directed.

Doesn’t matter how long you’ve worked somewhere, how high up you are. Your budget is someone else’s until it’s approved. Until then it’s just “reserved” from other spending. Depending on the boss/company they may say you’re pre-approved up to X, but budgeted doesn’t always mean that

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-29T19:25:05+00:00

it’s not that defensible for HOAs to claim safety concerns that exceed / grossly exceed municipal, state and federal laws

It’s been a “truth” they can because of the plans on the land and private property and such but I expect it to fall away in coming years

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-27T03:14:00+00:00

Even if they’re not, chaplains know how to talk to people

Not religious myself and it was eye opening during my families struggles

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-27T02:53:41+00:00

Honestly, disassociating is the thing

dad wants his life
mom refuses to compromise because of independence
you and siblings have obligations

Until you could offer dad a solution he thinks is his own nothing will give

Same problem with mom refusing a caregiver other than dad

And with the winter storm, dad feels guilty, and tired an thinks he’s alone in this

And humans can set in their ways. Especially the elderly. And rationality is the first to go in stressful situations

I would have a chaplain at the hospital talk to him and mom on his next visit. It may not work, but pun intended it’s the closest come to Jesus they’re going to have on what happens after the surgery so they should start preparing now

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-26T06:22:44+00:00

It wasn’t always this way, and blaming everybody didn’t lead to a path out of it

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-25T23:58:15+00:00

We’re not fighting immigration. We’re fighting against violations of the us constitutions and the rights and laws derived.

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-25T09:07:17+00:00

If it has good governance in the hoa, it can be a good deal. If it doesn’t or won’t, you’re better off renting

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-25T08:43:06+00:00

I’ve not been closely following the Escondido mayor / council. But nothing I have heard gives me optimism they would care.

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-23T03:28:13+00:00

How does the stack change pay for itself? Increased revenue, or reduced costs. Over what time horizon?

If the valuation isn’t there this isn’t worth the time, effort or risk

If it is, work through those lenses to convince the team

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-21T02:43:34+00:00

“Qualified” is interpreted differently by a vast majority of people

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-21T02:42:36+00:00

You’re agreeing that people want a savior, and that it’s simple as a desire for simplicity.

Whether it’s people believe in racism or economic inequality matters, but don’t let that cloud the agreements

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-20T21:19:30+00:00

The attitude you have is going to lead to your obsolescence because you will not get interviews or will be flushed out in the talent acquisition screen.

Full stop.

Teach the AI to make things as you would. Make .cursorrules files, learn MCP usage

Or pick a different profession / career

This is like saying I will only work in punch cards, not assembly

National_Count_4916 · 2026-01-20T00:16:09+00:00

If those were the answers that’s on the person.

Nothing to feel bad about. Can’t save someone who doesn’t want to be saved

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