Why we stopped hiring for the skills we used to hire for
Six engineers, two QA, a product owner and a Scrum Master used to be a normal squad. With today's tooling, that's bloat.
Teams are being rebuilt around three people. Not because the work got smaller — because agentic tooling absorbed the parts that needed all those hands. The engineer's job shifts from writing the code to directing the agents that write it, and owning the outcome that comes out the other end.
That changes hiring too. The underlying engineering capability still matters. But the questions in the interview are different now, and hands-on experience with agentic tooling has become a deciding factor.
Small squads. Bigger leverage. Different hire.
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Six engineers, two QA, a PO and a Scrum Master used to be a normal squad. Today that's bloat.
Squads are being rebuilt with three people — and the engineer's role shifts from writing code to managing agents and owning the outcome. Hiring changes with it: same underlying capability, very different interview, and agentic tooling experience is now a deciding factor.
#Harness #AI #AgenticAI #DevOps #EngineeringLeadership #Shorts