The Learned Helplessness of Scrum Tech Leads

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drc500free · 6h ago

Agile was supposed to empower teams, but in many orgs it's done the opposite. Execs take over product, so PMs make system design calls. Engineers are left coordinating tickets they no longer own.

This piece explores how “senior” roles in engineering have been hollowed out, and why AI might accelerate the collapse of this broken hierarchy.

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The Learned Helplessness of Scrum Tech Leads

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