What do professional software developers need to know to succeed in an age of Artificial Intelligence?
Generative AI is showing early evidence of productivity gains for software developers, but concerns persist regarding workforce disruption and deskilling. We describe our research with 21 developers at the cutting edge of using AI, summarizing 12 of their work goals we uncovered, together with 75 associated tasks and the skills & knowledge for each, illustrating how developers use AI at work. From all of these, we distilled our findings in the form of 5 insights. We found that the skills & knowledge to be a successful AI-enhanced developer are organized into four domains (using Generative AI effectively, core software engineering, adjacent engineering, and adjacent non-engineering) deployed at critical junctures throughout a 6-step task workflow. In order to “future proof” developers for this age of AI, on-the-job learning initiatives and computer science degree programs will need to target both “soft” skills and the technical skills & knowledge in all four domains to reskill, upskill and safeguard against deskilling.
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10:30 - 12:30 | Project-based learningSoftware Engineering Education at Sirius Chair(s): Guttorm Sindre Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | ||
10:30 20mTalk | Analyzing the Communication Patterns of Different Teammate Types in a Software Engineering Course Project Software Engineering Education Yanye Luther Colorado State University, Lindsey Nielsen Colorado State University, Logan Cadman Colorado State University, Marcia Moraes Colorado State University, Sudipto Ghosh Colorado State University, USA, Bianca Trinkenreich Colorado State University | ||
10:50 20mTalk | Enhancing Motivation in Software Engineering Education through Gamified Agile Project-based Learning Software Engineering Education Niklas Meissner Institute of Software Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Paul Bredl University of Stuttgart, Sandro Speth Institute of Software Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Steffen Becker University of Stuttgart | ||
11:10 20mTalk | Analyzing the Role of Emotions on Performance in Hybrid Capstone Projects Software Engineering Education Wardah Naeem Awan Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology Lahti, Finland, Iflaah Salman Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), Maria Paasivaara LUT University, Finland & Aalto University, Finland, Peter Gloor Massachusetts Institute of Technology SDM | ||
11:30 20mTalk | Decoding Student Rating Behaviors: A Comparative Study of Frequent Self and Peer Assessments in Team Projects Software Engineering Education | ||
11:50 20mTalk | Identifying Project Management Skills in Industry-Driven Capstone Projects Software Engineering Education Eleni Chatzidaki Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sofia Papavlasopoulou Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Letizia Jaccheri Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Michail Giannakos Norwegian University of Science and Technology | ||
12:10 20mTalk | What do professional software developers need to know to succeed in an age of Artificial Intelligence? Software Engineering Education Matthew Kam Google, Cody Miller Google, Miaoxin Wang Trilyon, Abey Tidwell Google, Irene Lee Education Development Center, Joyce Malyn Smith Education Development Center, Beatriz Perret Boston College, Vikram Tiwari Assembled, Joshua Kenitzer Google, Andrew Macvean Google, Inc., Erin Barrar Google | ||
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Facing the registration desk, its entrance is on the right.