&w=3840&q=100)
Smart companies will hire more engineers, says GitHub CEO on AI jobs impact
Speaking at the Silicon Valley Girl Podcast, Dohmke said, "The companies that are the smartest are going to hire more developers. Because if you 10x a single developer, then 10 developers can do 100x."
His remarks come amid an intensifying debate over whether AI will replace human workers. According to a report by The Times of India, more than 100,000 jobs have already been cut by major tech firms — including Intel, Google, and Microsoft — since the start of this year. Many of these companies have cited slowing growth, rising operational costs, and a strategic shift towards AI and automation as reasons for the layoffs.
Easy learning
According to Dohmke, AI is lowering the barrier to entry for programming while also boosting the productivity of experienced developers. This shift, he said, is empowering more people to learn and apply coding skills in ways that were previously out of reach.
"The most frustrating thing when you're learning something is that you're stuck somewhere, and then you have nobody at home or in your family or friends who can help you with that, because they're all non-technical. So, when we're saying AI is democratising access, that's what we mean. Everyone who wants to learn it can learn it," said Dohmke, as quoted by Business Insider.
Need for professionals
Despite this increasing accessibility, he said that businesses will still need professionals with solid technical expertise to get the most out of AI tools. While AI may help individuals develop small personal projects, running a successful company still depends on deeper knowledge.
'There's going to be a much bigger range — from consumer developers who build their own micro apps, all the way to professional developers building advanced AI systems,' he said.
He further said that relying solely on AI without any coding knowledge to build a big business is a flawed assumption. "Because if that were the case, everyone would do it."
Although some tech firms have slowed down hiring or even reduced staff while embracing AI, Dohmke believes this is a short-term trend. He expects that many companies will soon recognise the benefits of investing in more developers.
"I think it's a temporary effect right now. This is the natural conclusion for the short term — we keep things stable, and we're trying to figure out how the market develops. But very quickly, I think we're going to see people that say, 'Well, wait a second, if I have one more productive developer, why wouldn't I hire another one, and another one?'", he said, as per the Business Insider report.
Even as AI accelerates developer productivity, Dohmke said he has not seen any company claim it no longer needs their work. On the contrary, AI appears to be increasing the volume of work handled by development teams.
"AI has already added more work to the backlogs. I haven't seen companies saying, 'Well, we're draining all our backlog and we have almost nothing left,'" he added.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Time of India
37 minutes ago
- Time of India
India-US trade deal: 'Close to making a deal with India,' says Donald Trump; US President releases tariff letters for countries
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that the States was "close to making a deal with India" as he released tariff letters to various trading partners, informing them of the reciprocal tariff rates that would be effective from August 1, 2025. "We are close to making a deal with India. We've made a deal with the United Kingdom. We've made a deal with China," he said. "Others we met with, and we don't think we're going to be able to make a deal, so we just send them a letter. We're sending out letters to various countries telling them how much tariffs they have to pay. Some will maybe adjust a little bit depending if they have a cause, we're not going to be unfair about it," he added. Talking about his August 1 deadline, Trump said, "I would say firm but not a 100 per cent firm. If they call up and they say we would like to do something in a different way, we will be open to that." Trump announced new 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea via Truth Social, followed by similar tariff letters to several other countries including Bangladesh, Indonesia, and South Africa. He warned that if trade deals aren't finalized soon, US import duties will return to the higher rates set in April. Stay informed with the latest business news, updates on bank holidays and public holidays . AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Time of India
41 minutes ago
- Time of India
Apple AI head Ruoming Pang joins Meta as Zuckerberg boosts superintelligence team
Apple's AI lead, Ruoming Pang, has departed for Meta to join their 'Superintelligence' team for a significantly higher salary. This loss comes as Apple's internal AI team faces challenges, including debates over using third-party AI and engineer departures. Meta, under Zuckerberg, is aggressively recruiting AI talent and investing heavily in the field, signaling a major shift in the AI landscape. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Meta is hiring many top AI experts Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Apple's AI team facing internal problems FAQs Ruoming Pang, Apple's top executive in charge of AI foundation models, is leaving Apple to join Meta. Pang joined Apple in 2021 from Alphabet Inc. and led the team behind Apple's foundation models that power Apple Intelligence and AI features, as stated by the now moving to Meta's new 'Superintelligence' team, where he'll earn tens of millions of dollars per year, according to Bloomberg's sources. This move is a big loss for Apple, whose internal AI team, called AFM – Apple Foundation Models , has been under pressure lately, according to the Meta, Pang will be part of Mark Zuckerberg's top AI initiative called Meta Superintelligence Labs . Meta recently reorganized its AI teams under this division and hired Alexandr Wang, former CEO of Scale AI, as Chief AI Officer, as per is going all-in on AI and has invested billions, including a big deal last month that valued Scale AI at $29 billion. Zuckerberg is personally recruiting AI talent, often hosting candidates at his homes in Silicon Valley and Lake Tahoe, Bloomberg big names hired by Meta include Daniel Gross (startup founder), Nat Friedman (ex-GitHub CEO), Yuanzhi Li (from OpenAI), and Anton Bakhtin (worked on Claude at Anthropic), according to the report by departure adds to Apple's AI leadership challenges. The company is debating using third-party AI models like OpenAI or Anthropic for the next-gen Siri. This shift has hurt morale in Pang's team. Some engineers are planning to leave Apple, and Tom Gunter, Pang's deputy, already left last month as per the AFM team, with ~100 people, built models for things like Genmoji, Priority Notifications, and summaries of emails/ team will now be led by Zhifeng Chen, and Apple is changing the structure to add more managers like Chong Wang, Zirui Wang, Chung-Cheng Chiu, and Guoli Yin, as mentioned in the report by AI strategy is now mainly handled by Craig Federighi (Software Chief), Mike Rockwell (Vision Pro engineer, now leading Siri) , and John Giannandrea (leads AI research, but his role has been reduced).Apple's WWDC in June showed only a few AI updates, like AI call translation and text message summaries. Most of the major AI features came from partners like OpenAI and Google, not Apple's own models. Apple also updated Xcode to support code completion using ChatGPT and Claude, as per the report by Pang left Apple to join Meta's AI team for a much higher pay and bigger role in advanced AI Superintelligence Labs is Mark Zuckerberg's new AI division focused on building powerful, human-level AI systems.
Time of India
an hour ago
- Time of India
VCs back AI startups to shake up Indian IT services industry
Academy Empower your mind, elevate your skills ETtech A new wave of AI-first startups is catching the attention of top-tier venture capital firms , as they look to back companies reinventing traditional IT services Accel , and Elevation Capital are among the country's top venture capital firms which are scouting for artificial intelligence (AI)-first startups to place early bets, several investors told application development and infrastructure maintenance to software testing and customer support, AI is beginning to fundamentally reshape services that have long relied on large human workforces, they said.'AI is making IT services non-linear and it opens up opportunities for startups to deliver services faster, cheaper and at a higher quality,' said Rajan Anandan, managing director at Peak XV Partners, which has evaluated several companies using AI agents to automate application maintenance, an area where big monies are spent shift isn't about replacing traditional IT services overnight, but rather building leaner, AI-enabled firms from scratch, said the VC executives ET spoke with.'We have created a map of everything IT services companies do and view each line of business as an opportunity for a new AI-native company,' said Anandan, adding that Peak XV is evaluating horizontal startups focused on cross-sector capabilities as well as vertical ones building AI-first solutions for specific industries, such as banking, insurance, healthcare and Venture Partners has already backed two startups focused on automating core IT services. Founder and partner Ritesh Banglani said AI is also disrupting knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) functions such as accounting, wealth management, and legal support.'Our belief is that India holds a special advantage in providing these AI-led services to the world. We know how to scale people-heavy operations and sell services – not just software,' he said. 'Our bet is that tech-first services startups will be able to build distribution faster than the incumbents can build technology. We have already invested in two AI-led services startups this year and look forward to funding several more.'Accel India is also bullish. 'By being able to price for the outcome, AI-first services companies can charge like services but earn like software,' said Anagh Prasad, vice president at the firm. 'Going forward, we'd continue looking for full-stack AI companies, especially in verticals like accounting, legal, insurance, as well as selective late stage services companies undergoing rapid AI to Krishna Mehra, AI partner at Elevation Capital, the transformation of IT and IT-enabled services is already underway and will accelerate in the next few years. 'We expect action across BPO, KPO, knowledge work, and customer support. Winners and losers will significantly change,' Mehra, who is based in the US, said, adding that even legacy IT firms may be targets for buyouts and AI-led investors taking early bets on startups looking to disrupt the nearly $300-billion IT services industry in India, they said the behemoths are not watching this from the had earlier reported that Japanese investor SoftBank is also eyeing buyout deals in India to push AI-led IT, BPO transformation.'Incumbent ITeS majors are hardly sitting out of the AI transition. Most companies are not only helping clients implement AI, they are also using it extensively themselves to improve productivity and speed of delivery,' Banglani investors are looking at backing teams that not only comprise AI talent but also bring domain expertise from IT services companies of dealing with large enterprise customers.A telling sign of the growing adoption of AI at large IT services companies is the widening gap between revenue and headcount growth. According to Nasscom, the industry grew by 5.1% in FY25 from the previous year, while its workforce expanded by just 2.2% – indicating a shift towards more tech-driven, less people-intensive operations.'The entry of AI in this sector would be very disruptive to jobs. There might be a lot of global rebalancing of the workforce but it's not all gloom and doom from a jobs perspective,' Elevation Capital's Mehra said.
