Bryan Kirschner, VP of Strategy, DataStax
It’s time to treat HR as as important as IT for your company’s artificial intelligence strategy.
In addition to all the evidence that getting developers to work on AI is good for business, just giving them the opportunity to work on and use AI can have a positive impact on job satisfaction, adoption and retention. Evidence is growing.
Getting this right is very important today. McKinsey’s State of AI Report 2022 states:[s]According to survey responses, software engineer emerged as the AI role most frequently adopted by organizations over the past year, more frequently than data engineer or AI data scientist … Another clear sign that we are moving significantly from experimentation to actively embedding AI in enterprise applications.”
And the stakes are high. Data collected for the latest State of the Data Race report shows that developers who make the most use of next-generation technology consider themselves to be the first in their organizations to learn about new tools and technologies. Developers who call themselves and developers that other developers refer to. The answer about new technologies depends on) talks about interacting with real-time data and building apps powered by AI and ML. The most important factor in deciding where to work.
Overall, developers in organizations where both AI and ML are widely adopted say the technology is “more exciting than ever” than those in organizations where AI and ML adoption is in the “early stages”. 15 points more likely to respond. Similarly, he was 18 percentage points more likely to say he was “energetic” about his job.
AI: An Opportunity for Developers to Influence
It’s not hard to see why. Developers have always relied on technology to increase their impact and allow them to keep their skills up to date. (For example, data from the State of the Data Race shows that nearly three-quarters rate the opportunity to learn and use the latest technology as important to their work.)
And now, with many CIOs feeling pressure from their corporate teams to develop AI apps that can cut costs quickly, AI offers the potential to help keep their jobs out of the recession.
Therefore, it is important that your talent strategy keeps up with the pace at which competitors push developers to produce. It’s also important to address how your competitors are equipping developers not only to make them happier, but to be more productive.
AI: How To Help Developers Be More Productive
AI has a role to play in this regard as well. A new study detailing the impact of his GitHub Copilot on developer productivity and happiness hit the house hard. Nearly 9 out of 10 (88%) of the 2,000 developers surveyed said they were more productive using his Copilot, a real-time AI assistant that provides code suggestions. I answered. 60% said their work made them feel more fulfilled.
A software engineer explains why. It sparks little sparks that make coding more fun and more efficient. “
But it’s arguably the point of view of one chief technology officer that best defines this call to action. A co-pilot makes things more exciting. “
You already know that the apps that delight customers the most and gain market share and margin going forward will be AI-driven. Developers who are already working for you today, and those you want to hire, want to work on AI tools and use AI tools themselves. This is the North Star that your business, people, and IT strategy must meet as soon as possible.
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About Brian Kirshner:
Brian is the Vice President of Strategy at DataStax. For more than 20 years, we have helped build and execute strategies for large companies looking for new ways to move forward and a future that is radically different from the past. He specializes in removing fear, uncertainty and doubt from strategic decision-making through empirical data and market sensing.
