What do software developers need to know to succeed in an age of AI?
a year ago
- #Software Development
- #Future Skills
- #Artificial Intelligence
- Generative AI shows early signs of boosting productivity for software developers.
- Concerns exist about workforce disruption and deskilling due to AI.
- Research involved 21 developers at the forefront of AI usage.
- Identified 12 work goals, 75 associated tasks, and required skills/knowledge.
- Findings distilled into 5 key insights.
- Successful AI-enhanced developers need skills in four domains: using Generative AI, core software engineering, adjacent engineering, and non-engineering.
- Skills are applied across a 6-step task workflow.
- Future-proofing developers requires on-the-job learning and updated CS degree programs.
- Both 'soft' and technical skills are essential to reskill, upskill, and prevent deskilling.