'AI is changing what it means to be a software developer': New study finds junior workers are scared for their…
- Junior and mid-career developers feel unsupported by their employers
- 58% say simply 'using AI' has become a key metric at work
- Half have shifted from using AI to managing AI agents
More than half (54%) of software developers are now feeling anxious about their long-term career prospects not because AI has replaced them, but because the technology's simply changed their roles that much that they feel they need a whole different set of skills, new research has claimed.
Three in five developers now say employers expect them to accomplish more with fewer resources because they have access to AI, with over half (55%) reporting increased pressure to work faster.
This has led to 61% stressing that software development has changed too quickly – a third (31%) think it's negatively impacted their career and nearly half (46%) think it's made the job less attractive.
AI has fundamentally changed what a 'software...
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