AI is turning developers into mini-PMs — and that's the real hiring signal
The biggest lever for leveling up an engineering team is giving engineers business context, not more code. As AI absorbs implementation work, the author argues the developer role is shifting from "build what's specced" toward owning product judgment. The catch: the PM-style muscle isn't built by default. Use AI headroom to make engineers native to the domain, or watch the gap widen into wasted output.