--- title: Ai wrote 30% more code; how many dev job’s disappeared? description: A major bank deployed AI coding tools across 18,000 developers, increasing code output by 30% but only reducing headcount by 11-12%. This demonstrates that... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-wrote-30-more-code-how-many-dev-job-s-disappeared--dtdnclsij twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ai wrote 30% more code; how many dev job’s disappeared? | daily.dev og:description: A major bank deployed AI coding tools across 18,000 developers, increasing code output by 30% but only reducing headcount by 11-12%. This demonstrates that... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-wrote-30-more-code-how-many-dev-job-s-disappeared--dtdnclsij og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dTdNclsij.png og:image:alt: Ai wrote 30% more code; how many dev job’s disappeared? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ai wrote 30% more code; how many dev job’s disappeared? **[Stefan Mischook](https://daily.dev/sources/stefanmischook)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A major bank deployed AI coding tools across 18,000 developers, increasing code output by 30% but only reducing headcount by 11-12%. This demonstrates that coding is a small fraction of software development work—the real value lies in problem understanding, system design, trade-offs, and maintenance. 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