How AI Agents Transform the Day-to-Day Life of an Engineering Manager
I know there are plenty of posts and materials about using GenAI in software development, especially how it can act as a junior software engineer working alongside you. However, I haven’t found enough examples of how GenAI can assist managers who lead software development teams—a.k.a Engineering Managers. This post is a quick summary of how I’ve been using GenAI in my day-to-day work to stay ahead of the game. Please share any additional use cases you’ve found helpful for engineering managers in the comments! Early Adoption of GenAI at Amazon In late 2023 and early 2024, Amazon developed numerous internal tools, primarily built on Anthropic Claude models, to assist with daily work. It started with simple ChatGPT-like utilities for correcting grammar and rephrasing and summarizing text based on prompts. I realized it was no longer acceptable to make silly grammatical errors in written communication (whether in emails or Slack messages) when tools like these were readily available. My f...