Most builders are optimistic that AI will scale back their workload and are keen to make use of it, however some don’t belief AI, in accordance with a newly launched report from technical hiring platform CoderPad.
The report, State of Tech Hiring 2024, printed January 9, discovered that 70% of builders consider AI will assist scale back their workload and 60% wish to use AI extra as a part of their job. Builders surveyed reported confidence in AI-assisted instruments, citing advantages comparable to code help, studying and tutorials, auto-completion, code technology, and documentation and API help.
“I take advantage of AI to assist write code that will in any other case be only a waste of time to write down manually, like making fetch capabilities with completely different URLs or quick script instruments in Python,” one nameless respondent mentioned.
However the CoderPad survey additionally discovered that 29% of builders surveyed don’t belief AI, and 28% reported that their employers are in opposition to utilizing AI. 1 / 4 of builders discover AI to be unreliable or inefficient. A 3rd of builders take into account the usage of AI throughout an interview or technical check to be dishonest.
The report relies on a CoderPad survey of greater than 13,000 builders from 149 international locations. Additionally surveyed have been roughly 5,500 individuals who rent technical professionals as a part of their job. Different findings of the State of Tech Hiring 2024 report:
- 36% of builders mentioned they don’t seem to be thinking about taking up managerial duties.
- 75% of builders mentioned the are happy with present administration.
- Builders reported rising concern round job safety, with 21% saying they really feel much less safe of their job in comparison with a yr in the past (versus 17% final yr). 37% mentioned they’ve felt no important change previously 12 months and 32% mentioned they really feel safer.
- Near half of builders have been interested by leaving their jobs within the subsequent 12 months.
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