Mar 15
AI Helps Junior Developers Most: What the GitHub Copilot Study Really Means for Senior Engineers
AI did not “leave senior engineers behind.” The stronger reading of the GitHub Copilot field evidence is simpler: junior developers got the biggest early productivity lift, while senior engineers got a narrower lift on the metrics the paper tracked. That difference matters. It changes how teams should onboard, review, mentor, and measure AI coding tools inside real software organizations. The…