engineering

9 statements across 8 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Dec 15, 2017 by Jorge Conde · across every show →

Everything said about engineering, oldest first

Dec 15, 2017 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Conde: Biology is shifting from experimental science to an engineered discipline
“As we move beyond software, we're at this point where we're seeing this incredible convergence between biology, computer science, and engineering. And it's this convergence that's going to give us broad new superpowers to understand and manipulate biology. Ess…”
Jorge Conde Dec 15, 2017 ▶ 1:30 Challenges in Healthcare Innovation
Mar 23, 2018 positive
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Pande: Science-based development is higher risk than engineering
“So, you know, we've seen companies that are built with science risk, and companies, especially tech companies that are engineering companies, you know, how can we take things from the science curve, which is stochastic and high risk, towards something that's m…”
Vijay Pande Mar 23, 2018 ▶ 0:16 Pande & Conde: When (and How) Biology Becomes Engineering
Jan 2, 2019
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Dan Shapiro: The ultimate purpose of tech sales is funding engineering
“If you want to take a super Silicon Valley view of sales, our goal is to fund engineering, and my ability to do that successfully requires me to be a good forecaster.”
Daniel Shapero Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 20:00 a16z Podcast | Getting Sales Right
Jan 2, 2019
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Dan Shapiro: Explicit output compensation hurts creative work like engineering
“Sort of, the other thing that I think if you're a fan of I think is Bob Cialdini, the guy that wrote the Influence book basically says that for creative, expansive type of tasks, giving people explicit compensation is actually really counterproductive. They te…”
Daniel Shapero Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:01 a16z Podcast | Getting Sales Right
Jan 2, 2019 negative
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Horowitz: Doubling engineering headcount in one year creates intense communication overhead
“If you more than double engineering in a year, that gets pretty hard, depending on what you're doing, because the communication overhead, the coordination is so intense in engineering.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:16 a16z Podcast | Cash, Growth, and CEO ❤ CFO
Jan 2, 2019 positive
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Pandey: Engineering models carry far less risk than science-based models
“We've seen companies that are built with science risk, and companies, especially tech companies that are engineering companies, you know, how can we take things from the science curve, which is stochastic and high risk, towards something that's more like engin…”
Vijay Pande Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:41 a16z Podcast | When (and How) Biology Becomes Engineering
Jan 2, 2019
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Gil: Enterprise product managers act as buffers between engineering and sales
“There's typically a natural tension between product and other organizations. And a sort of a second role that they often play, particularly in enterprise companies, is they're almost a buffer between engineering and the rest of the world, but they're also a co…”
Elad Gil Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:30 a16z Podcast | High Growth in Companies (and Tech)
Oct 22, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Rose: AI will end software engineering as non-subjective coding is solved
“I think engineering is over. I think we're going to be orchestrators of information, not engineers. I think those will be solved problems. Anything where there is a non subjective outcome, AI will tackle that and solve that problem.”
Kevin Rose Oct 22, 2025 ▶ 1:09:15 Why Creativity Will Matter More Than Code | Kevin Rose and Anish Acharya
Apr 7, 2026 neutral
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Balaji Srinivasan: AI splits engineering into prompt-writers and verifiers
“Engineering gets split into the engineering manager type person who's writing the prompts, and the technician is doing the verification.”
Balaji Srinivasan Apr 7, 2026 ▶ 31:23 Why Balaji Srinivasan Thinks the SaaS Apocalypse Is Overhyped | The a16z Show
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