I manage 10+ agents at Cisco. It doesn't mean longer hours, but the work can feel more intense.

Sergio Freitas, a senior director of engineering at Cisco based in Lisbon, Portugal, manages 10 to 20 AI agents daily. He notes that while the number of hours he works has not increased, the pace of work has become faster and more intense due to the need for more review as agents write more code. Freitas, who started as a software engineer and became a manager, shared his experience in an as-told-to essay.

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