Yeah, have a new executive who managed a vaguely segment appropriate “hello world” with code gen and so regularly rants about why we should be paying human developers.
Comment on The ‘doorman fallacy’: why careless adoption of AI backfires so easily
magnetosphere@fedia.io 3 days ago
The “doorman fallacy” is a major complaint I’ve had about past managers. I’d say things like “they let Excel manage the business. If there’s a cost without a painfully obvious benefit, it’ll be mindlessly cut. They put zero thought into intangible benefits. That’s why I’m always suspicious of new managers.”
jj4211@lemmy.world 2 days ago
paraplu@piefed.social 2 days ago
Even if there’s an understanding of the doorman fallacy throughout most of the chain of command, you can still run into issues.
I know as an analyst both me and my boss were very aware of intangibles, but usually couldn’t find a way to model them. The consumers of our reporting would also want these, but couldn’t always tell a story that was palatable to the client to justify the expense.
You end up with everyone knowing the doorman is a big deal but being unable to hold onto him.