FEATURE : AI
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR DEVELOPERS ISN ’ T STORY POINTS OR THE SPEED OF DEPLOYMENTS , IT ’ S THE DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE .
• 57 % of developers believe AI coding tools help them improve their coding language skills , enabling them to upskill
• 53 % of developers believe AI coding tools will make them more productive , particularly by automating parts of their workflow
• 51 % of developers believe that AI coding tools will give them more time to focus on solution design , helping them to stay creative
• 41 % of developers believe that AI coding tools can help with preventing burnout , by helping to reduce cognitive effort and freeing up mental capacity and time . In previous research GitHub conducted , 87 % of developers reported that the AI coding tool GitHub Copilot helped them preserve mental effort while completing more repetitive tasks .
One-third of developers report that their managers currently assess their performance based on the volume of code they produce ( 33 %). The other top reported metrics for performance are largely outputbased : 40 % are measured by code quality , 34 % by speed of completion , 34 % by production incidents and 33 % by number of bugs resolved .
However , with the increasing use of AI tools in software development – which often contributes to code volume – engineering leaders will need to ask
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