VanRuby: The Engineer's New Leverage: Practising Managerial Skills with AI Agents

The Engineer's New Leverage: Practising Managerial Skills with AI Agents The past year of AI adoption has been about individual productivity: better prompts, faster loops, more code shipped. Yet more and more observations point at team productivity staying flat, or worsening over lost trust, slop code, and cognitive debt.This talk is about what engineers can do with that gap, without waiting for a manager to call the shots. Drawing on recent research and writing, Anton shows how briefing, delegation with accountability, and proactive communication let every engineer participate in turning individual speed into team impact. Speakers Anton Drukh mentors CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and technical co-founders at venture-backed startups. He was VP of Engineering at Snyk, joining as the first hire and scaling the team to 150 people as the company reached an $8.5B valuation. Over the past five years he has coached more than 100 engineering leaders at Seed through Series C companies across the US, Europe, and Israel. A major focus of his current work is helping engineering organizations become AI-native, turning individual AI productivity into team-level impact. Sponsors Jane OUR MISSION - Helping the Helpers. We are here to help the helpers. We are one of the few allies to allied health practitioners in the health care space. We want what is best for them and their small businesses as they provide care to their communities. OUR VISION - More Happier Helpers. To create a thriving community of health care professionals who are succeeding in their businesses and providing engaging care to their patients, in which Jane is a delightful, powerful and integral member of every one of their teams. Clio Clio is on a mission to transform the legal experience for all. Clio is the global leader in legal AI, building the platform that powers the future of legal work. With the scale, data, and ambition to redefine how the legal industry operates, we are advancing a comprehensive strategy that spans the full lifecycle of legal work—from knowledge and insight to execution and outcomes. At the centre of this vision is the Intelligent Legal Work Platform, the legal industry’s first System of Action. By combining Clio’s core product suite with Clio Work and AI-native capabilities, the platform turns information into insight and insight into action. As we expand into the enterprise, Clio for Enterprise extends this foundation to support the complexity, scale, and operational rigor of global organizations through solutions like Clio Operate and Vincent by Clio. Backed by industry-leading data and intelligence, Clio is building the infrastructure that enables legal teams to operate with greater speed, confidence, and impact. ZayZoon Financial Wellness for happier, healthier and more productive employees. ZayZoon provides employees access to Wages On-Demand and Personal Financial Management tools.