AI Is Not Eliminating Engineering Managers. It Is Separating Them.
by: Anthony S. JacksonPublished on: 09/07/2026AI is not eliminating engineering managers. It is separating coordination managers from systems-architect managers, and the distinction reveals a foundational problem in how management has always been taught.
When an Engineering Manager Has to Be Right, the Team Stops Thinking
by: Anthony S. JacksonPublished on: 08/07/2026When an engineering manager must be right about every technical decision, the team does not push back. It learns that pushing back does not change the outcome and stops. The silence that follows is not agreement.
Most Return-to-Office Mandates Fail Because the Office Was Never Designed for the People Returning
by: Anthony S. JacksonPublished on: 07/07/2026Return-to-office is only defensible when the environment is fully colocated, designed by the technical workforce itself, and proven by near-zero turnover. Almost no company qualifies.
Engineering Manager Burnout Is an Architecture Problem
by: Anthony S. JacksonPublished on: 03/07/2026Engineering manager burnout is not a personal failure or a resilience problem. It is a design problem: the manager became the operating system instead of building one. Every decision that routes through you, every question that waits for your...