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Vivek Ravisankar

03/30/18

@ Y Combinator

One in every four developers learned to code before they learned to drive, highlighting the rise of self-learning.

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Breaking Down HackerRank's Survey of 40,000 Developers with Vivek Ravisankar

@ Y Combinator

Breaking Down HackerRank's Survey of 40,000 Developers with Vivek Ravisankar

03/30/18

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a16z Cast

05/16/25

@ a16z

Developers are early adopters of new technologies, often creating tools to solve their own problems, which drives the adoption of AI in coding.

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Amjad Masad

10/18/24

@ Y Combinator

The current generation of programmers has more leverage than ever before, as learning to code even a little can significantly enhance their capabilities with AI tools.

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Google for Developers Cast

05/23/25

@ Google for Developers

The biggest opportunity for developers in the AI era is that individuals who never thought they could write code will start creating lots of code.

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Vivek Ravisankar

03/30/18

@ Y Combinator

The trend of self-learning and free resources is beneficial for developers and the industry as a whole.

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a16z Cast

05/16/25

@ a16z

The integration of AI in coding is creating a new dynamic where developers can focus on higher-level problem-solving rather than just writing code.

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Y Combinator Cast

03/06/25

@ Y Combinator

The survey of founders revealed that a quarter of them estimate that over 95% of their codebase is now AI-generated, highlighting a significant shift in how software is developed.

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Varun Mohan

05/02/25

@ Y Combinator

As AI coding tools improve, the role of developers will broaden to include more builders who can decide how deep they want to go in building things.

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Thomas Dohmke

04/09/25

@ EO

Learning coding doesn't mean every student will become a software developer, just as not every student who learns physics becomes a physicist.

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Y Combinator Cast

03/06/25

@ Y Combinator

Another founder shared that coding has accelerated dramatically, with their speed increasing from 10x to 100x in just a month, leading them to identify more as a product person than an engineer.