With AI, organizations are now seeing software developers as great collaborators

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The popular perception of software developers for decades has been that of brainy and somewhat introverted types who do their best work alone. However, research suggests today's software professionals are actually extraverted, preferring to work as actively as possible within broad teams and with end users. What's more, with artificial intelligence (AI) sweeping through IT shops, opportunities for higher-level advisory roles will only accelerate.

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For starters, by automatically generating and testing code written in any language and running on any platform, developers will be freed up to move from project to project, and thus expand their agency across the breadth of their enterprises. "Rapidly onboard large groups of developers to accelerate new features or major changes to software," KPMG analysts advise. "These developers would be productive quickly and require less guidance from existing developers."   

Developers themselves also see potential for wider collaboration with their business and technology counterparts, according to a survey of 500 developers by code-hosting platform GitHub. "Developers thrive in collaborative environments," writes Inbal Shani, chief product officer at GitHub. The bottom line is that "developers want to upskill, design solutions, get feedback from end users, and be evaluated on their communication skills."

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