I'm a Microsoft software engineer. AI makes hitting my deadlines much easier, but I'm still skeptical it will replace me.
A Microsoft software engineer shares how AI tools like Copilot have significantly accelerated development workflows and reduced deadline stress. While he acknowledges AI hallucinations, he remains optimistic about the technology's role in augmenting human productivity.
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This provides a practical look at how AI integration is fundamentally changing software engineering productivity and job expectations.
Rahul Devikar, a senior software engineer at Microsoft, says AI has transformed the way software gets built. Rahul Devikar A Microsoft engineer says AI has made software development dramatically faster. He says AI still hallucinates, but it's made deadlines much less stressful. He shares why he thinks AI won't replace engineers who keep learning. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rahul Devikar, a 34-year-old senior software engineer at Microsoft who lives in the Seattle area. It has been edited for length and clarity. I've worked as a software engineer at Microsoft since 2018. Over the years, I've had a front-row seat to how AI has transformed the way software gets built. One of the biggest projects I've worked on is Microsoft 365 Agents SDK, an open-source library for building AI agents.
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