Intern writes zero code during internship; AI does it all
YuXiang_IRVL · x · 2026-08-21
A professor reports that their student wrote zero code during their internship, with AI handling all the coding. This signals the entry of software engineering into a new era where AI is deeply integrated into actual development workflows, fundamentally altering the trajectory for junior developers.
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