> Actual effective managers do much more

And how many managers are effective vs. only information funnels?

Firing a bunch of ineffective managers because they can easily be replaced by AI seems like a net improvement to me.

Where are the failed programmers supposed to go then?

Product Management.

The bad ones tend not to be information funnels.

Even “only” information funnels have value if they seek out valuable info, filter, curate. In reality some funnels in this context mutate the message they’re supposed to pass on :-)

LLMs do all that pretty well :-)

the key for managers is like business owners

1) understand what success means for their area 2) assemble a team and remove roadblocks for them to achieve 1.

might be able to get a fat contract fee from letting Amazon know about that

"What would you say you do here?"

In some organizations, the upper management generates a real burden on people below them with ever changing demands for information.

I have to assume some of it serves a social, rather than practical purpose, like having people re-assure them that projects are going well. If that's the case, automation may just not make sense.