Our VP Said AI Would Test Itself. I Raised My Hand. I Got Reassigned. Day 3 Cost $2.8M. I Had the Screenshots Ready.

Based on real software development trends. About a VP of Engineering who believed AI would verify its own output, 47 TODOs that shipped to production, and a $2,800,000 discount calculation error that nobody caught.

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Act 1 · The Tech Meeting

"Starting today — no more hand-written code."

Marcus, the new VP of Engineering, put a slide up on the big screen.