The case against an imminent software developer apocalypse
Since the advent of ChatGPT, the software developer population has grown between 18% and 50%, depending on the measure.
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Innovation Home Innovation Artificial Intelligence The case against an imminent software developer apocalypse Since the advent of ChatGPT, the software developer population has grown between 18% and 50%, depending on the measure. Written by Joe McKendrick, Contributing WriterContributing Writer April 30, 2026 at 2:00 a.m. PT Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways AI is greatly boosting developer productivity, not unemployment.One measure says the developer population has increased by 50% since 2022.Emerging role: overseeing swarms of AI agents.Given the dour headlines as of late concerning the diminishing amounts of entry-level software development jobs, coupled with predictions of applications entirely AI-generated, one…
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