AI Develops Code: Who's Developing Developers?
Solutions Review, Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
Chegg Skills' Colin Coggins argues organizations must build developer judgment as fast as AI reshapes engineering work.
Originally published in Insight Jam, the article cites Stack Overflow research showing most developers now use AI-generated code, shifting the engineer's role toward evaluating outputs and exercising judgment.
BairesDev found 56% of developers expect validating AI-generated code to be a foundational skill by 2026, yet 67% say their teams lack the knowledge.
Chegg's Frontline Workers Skills Index found 78% of IT employers call the skills gap moderate to critical, and 38% lose over eight hours weekly compensating.
Training is not closing it: 67% of IT employees say it changed neither pay nor role, and 88% of employers rate training effective versus 50% of employees.