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Podcast: Scott Hanselman on training developers when AI handles routine work
In a podcast conversation with Michael Stiefel, Scott Hanselman discusses how to train new software engineers when AI agents perform many of the routine tasks that once trained juniors; he suggests the software industry consider a nursing-style preceptorship model for on-the-job learning. The piece is a discussion rather than empirical research or a policy proposal.
KEY POINTS
- In a podcast conversation with Michael Stiefel, Scott Hanselman discusses how to train new software engineers when AI agents perform many of the routine tasks that once trained juniors; he suggests the software industry consider a nursing-style preceptorship model for on-the-job learning.
- The piece is a discussion rather than empirical research or a policy proposal.
- If AI automates routine engineering work, adopting preceptorship-style on-the-job training could materially change how junior developers acquire practical skills.
WHY IT MATTERS
If AI automates routine engineering work, adopting preceptorship-style on-the-job training could materially change how junior developers acquire practical skills.