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AI writes 90% of the code at this company. It still can't hire enough engineers.

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At CIQ, AI now writes over 90% of code, yet demand for senior software engineers is soaring. CIQ execs Hovland and Kurtzer warn AI is reducing demand for more junior developers. The execs urge young coders to master systems, embrace AI coding tools, and judge results closely. AI Insider went to Salt Lake City this week for The Great Coding Reset, a live event about the future of software engineering. What we heard was both encouraging and alarming for tech workers. If you want to attend our next one in Vegas on Dec. 1, sign up here. At CIQ, a company that helps businesses run complex computing systems, AI now writes more than 90% of the code, according to president Bjorn Hovland. You might think that means fewer human programmers are needed. Not quite. "Two or three years ago I expected that we might never have to hire another engineer," Hovland told my colleague Ben Bergman. "We found the exact opposite. We cannot hire enough engineers now." There's a catch.

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