Simon Agius Muscat
Senior Software Engineer
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Development Track
Session Outline:
Thriving Human Agency in an increasingly Agentic World
The world is turning agentic. Software teams at the frontier are spending more time managing and guiding agents than writing software.
Work has never felt busier. Comparisons between individuals now focus on how many agents one can manage at the same time, how many lines of code are being generated, and how many tokens are being consumed.
With this shift, are we actually shipping more, better, faster, and cheaper? Are our products more competitive and generating greater revenue?
This talk explores what it really feels like, both practically and emotionally, to live through the transition to Agentic Engineering. It examines what it takes to refurbish a codebase so that humans and agents can cohabit effectively, and where it might all go right or wrong in the near future for the humans involved.
About Simon
Simon has been a software engineer for over 10 years. He has worked across several industries (SaaS Agency, Crypto, Web Analytics, LegalTech AI and Biotech AI), in companies ranging from 30 to 400 people.
His speciality is understanding and optimising how software teams operate effectively and deliver value to their customers efficiently.
He is an advocate for remote work and is based in Malta. He frequently shares his insights through blogging and public speaking.
