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The skeptical senior engineer

Use the lesson to respond to this: "A respected senior engineer pushes back in a kickoff: 'AI writes bad code, I've seen it.' How do you handle it?" Keep the answer plain.

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The skeptical senior engineerthe persona that decides the room

The most important person in any engineering rollout is the senior engineer who believes AI writes bad code. They're often right that unsupervised AI writes bad code and the worst thing you can do is argue. Agree with the premise, then move the frame.

WINNING THE SKEPTIC: TWO RESPONSES

Interactive diagram. Tab through its regions; each focused region shows its detail in the panel below.

diagram: compare

Same objection, opposite outcomes. The right move hands the skeptic the quality bar.