CTOS REVEAL HOW AI CHANGED SOFTWARE DEVELOPER HIRING IN 2025

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While AI evangelists promise the technology will make everyone become a '10x developer', the reality is that companies are drowning in AI-generated code that looks perfect but breaks in production. The most valuable developers aren't the ones churning out AI code, but the ones who can think their way out of the problems AI creates. Engineering leaders want developers who can look at AI-generated code and figure out what's wrong with it instead of just accepting whatever the AI produces. AI was supposed to make coding easier, but it's actually making the thinking parts of development more valuable than ever.