A 37-year-old manager at Microsoft says AI has reduced the time he spends on busywork — but the rush to scale AI has also resulted in more deadlines.Naga Santhosh Reddy VootukuriA 37-year-old manager at Microsoft says AI has changed his workflow.AI reduced his time spent on coding by 70%, and also cut time spent on reading and meetings, he says.But given the rush to scale AI, he also says the time saved is spent on meeting quicker deadlines and shipping updates.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 37-year-old Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri, a senior software engineer manager at Microsoft, which is heavily invested in AI.