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Why engineering leadership matters more than ever | Manoj Mohan

Why engineering leadership matters more than ever | Manoj Mohan

Update: 2025-12-16
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The common narrative suggests AI will make engineering leadership obsolete, but history - and the Industrial Revolution - suggests the opposite is true. Engineering executive Manoj Mohan joins the show live from ELC to argue that as code generation costs drop, the demand for high-level judgment and strategic oversight will only skyrocket. He breaks down why leaders must stop starting with models and start with customer pain points, utilizing his "3GF" framework to manage the risks

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Why engineering leadership matters more than ever | Manoj Mohan

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