.NET Rocks! Leading Teams in the Time of AI with Andrew Murphy
Feb 26, 2026
Andrew Murphy, a technology leader and coach who helps engineering leaders navigate change. He maps developers' reactions to AI to stages of grief. He talks about leaders' responsibility for AI-produced code. He contrasts how junior and senior engineers adapt and explores tooling, guardrails, and the future of local models.
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AI Is A Fundamental Shift Not The Death Of Engineering
- AI represents a fundamental shift in how we write code but won't erase core software engineering skills.
- Andrew Murphy compares this to past shifts like IntelliSense and cloud changing toolchains, not the end of the craft.
Software Engineers Are Experiencing Grief
- The emotional reaction to AI often matches grief stages as people lose parts of their craft identity.
- Murphy reframes this via the five stages of grief to help leaders move teams through transition.
Learning Product Context By Doing The User's Job
- Early in his career Andrew's boss made him do end-user jobs to understand needs deeply.
- He spent time in warehouse overalls to learn the context for the software he built.
