{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Thriving in Engineering","title":"Mastering AI Integration in Engineering Teams: Strategies from Shamim Rajani","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/eacda92e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1896,"description":"Shamim Rajani is COO and co-founder of Genetech, a software development company with 100+ people and offices in Karachi and Detroit serving clients across North America and Europe. She's also co-founder of Code Girls, a bootcamp that has trained over 2,000 women in Pakistan's tech industry, former chairperson of PASHA — Pakistan's national IT industry association — and writes The Leadership Lens, a Substack on the harder, less-talked-about side of leading teams.\nIn this conversation, we discuss:Why Genetech built an internal AI research lab a year before they expected results from it — and what that patience bought themThe mid-level developer problem: why this layer is the most endangered, and what juniors and seniors each bring that AI can't replaceThe productivity paradox — how AI can turn a 100-hour task into a 130-hour one, and when seniors decide it's faster to scrap the output and do it themselvesHow small and medium business clients are using \"aren't you using AI?\" as a bargaining chip — without really understanding what they're askingShamim's real experiment: reviewing the same code manually and with AI, what each caught, and what she learned about where to trust itWhy she's comparing AI to the blockchain bubble — and why she changed her mind\nGenetech Solutions - https://www.genetechsolutions.com/ The Leadership Lens newsletter - https://shamimrajani.substack.com/ LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/shamimrajaniTwitter - https://twitter.com/shamimrajani","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Uid-VysN87mRnPdJL_jYHJQsM6vTvBygQYej9NlhGgs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82MTdl/Y2Q5M2NhOGMxYzBm/OGU5YjUzMmQ5MDY2/MGE3Mi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}