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VP of Technology finds AI agents multiply workload, not reduce it

A tech leader's experience shows how cheaper AI implementation paradoxically increased project volume and burnout, despite automation promises.

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A VP of Technology reports that have upended her workflow since 2019. By making implementation cheap and fast, AI enabled her to run far more projects in parallel. The result: she's returned to a full-stack engineer's pace with intense bursts and burnout cycles, and what used to be a predictable low season has vanished.

Her GitHub history shows the shift clearly. Rather than reducing workload, the technology multiplied it by removing friction from starting new work.

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