Two Weeks In: A 15-Year QA Veteran, Back to Being the New Guy

After a 15-year career in quality assurance, a veteran tester has transitioned into a new role at an AI agent startup. Reflecting on his first two weeks, the author discusses the challenges of adapting to a different development pipeline and a slower, more deliberate pace of work compared to his previous experiences. He explores the philosophical implications of working at a company where human experience is explicitly being 'forged into an Agent,' drawing parallels to his own writing on AI and technical debt. Despite the shift in perspective, he emphasizes that the core value of human oversight remains essential for catching edge cases that automated systems miss. The author concludes that while he is eager to contribute to the startup's mission, he remains committed to finishing his ongoing writing series, viewing his new role as an opportunity to learn how AI agents are built from the inside.