https://theantichris.com/tags/engineering-leadership/Recent content in Engineering-Leadership on theantichris.com | christopher lammHugoen-usTue, 20 Oct 2026 12:13:18 +0000https://theantichris.com/posts/john-henry/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:13:18 +0000https://theantichris.com/posts/john-henry/<p>I was talking with Kirk recently about AI and how it&rsquo;s changing software engineering. During that conversation, I brought up John Henry. The more I think about it, the more I believe we&rsquo;re having a John Henry moment in our industry.</p> <p>If you&rsquo;re not familiar with the story, John Henry was a steel-driving man who worked on the railroads. He was exceptionally good at his job, driving steel into rock with a hammer. When the railroad introduced a steam-powered drill, John Henry challenged it to a competition to prove that he could do the work better than a machine.</p>