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Microsoft Execs Worry AI Will Eat Entry Level Coding Jobs

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An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich and VP of Developer Community Scott Hanselman have written a paper arguing that senior software engineers must mentor junior developers to prevent AI coding agents from hollowing out the profession's future skills base. The ...

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Two Microsoft officials, including Mark Russinovich (CTO d'Azure), are alerting about the decline in recruitment and jobs of beginner developers in the face of AI. They have published an article entitled "Redefining the software engineering profession for AI". From the 1st line, the two authors specify: "Without hiring developers at the beginning of a career, the talent pool of the profession will collapse and organizations will face a future wi…

Microsoft executives fear that AI will remove the jobs of beginner coders, Russianovich and Hanselman say that companies need to train juniors and not replace themMark Russinovich, technical director of Microsoft Azure, and Scott Hanselman, vice-president of the developer community, wrote a report in which they state that senior software engineers need to mentor junior developers in order to prevent IA coding agents from emptying the system.

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slashdot.org broke the news in on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.
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