Agent Driven Development  ·  Episode 23

Dear Jim in Detroit — Don’t Punish Your Top AI Dev

Nov 24, 2025 · 5 min

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An open letter to engineering managers: why punishing your fastest AI adopters creates a lose-lose situation. Here’s what to do instead.

I’m sending this link to a friend, who called me today to discuss this issue. Jim isn’t the name, but the problem is real.

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