Microsoft execs worry AI will eat entry level coding jobs

> The paper is presented as opinion from Russinovich and Hanselman, not as official Microsoft research. "While AI is boosting software development, examples of frontier coding agents exhibiting intern-like behaviors demonstrate their limitations," the pair state, reflecting a more nuanced view than that given by the relentless promotion of AI from their company. > > It's not clear if Microsoft itself has caught up with these recommendations. In May last year, the company revealed plans to reduce staff with software engineering suffering the largest cuts, and in their podcast, Russinovich remarked "we're starting a pilot on this at Microsoft." Hanselman was asked on LinkedIn whether senior engineers will now be assessed on their human as well as their product impact, to which he replied: "That is our goal."