AI coding boom shifts software developers toward management

AI now handles much of the actual coding at major tech firms. Gustav Söderström said senior engineers at Spotify haven't written a line of code since December, Anthropic reportedly uses AI for 70–90% of its code, and Google leadership has said AI agents write half of all code — a figure Ryan J.

Salva calls "much, much higher now." A 2025 Dora survey of 5,000 tech professionals found that 90% of software developers were using AI at work as of September, a 14% increase year over year. With models taking over syntax and repetitive tasks, developers are moving toward design, architecture and management work.

Julian Togelius of NYU says judgment is becoming more important than fluency in languages like JavaScript. Salva describes the shifting value of engineers as deciding what to build, prioritizing features and exercising discretion rather than typing out "if-then" statements.

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