---
title: "Hard and soft skills for developers coding in the age of AI"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/hard-and-soft-skills-for-developers-coding-in-the-age-of-ai-xbtlym7ao
source_url: https://github.blog/2024-03-07-hard-and-soft-skills-for-developers-coding-in-the-age-of-ai/
type: article
source: "GitHub Blog"
published: 2024-03-07T17:05:37.285Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z
tags: ["ai", "career", "github", "genai"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 24
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Hard and soft skills for developers coding in the age of AI

**[GitHub Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ghblog)** · 10 min read · 24 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Developers need both technical skills and soft skills to navigate the age of AI. AI can revolutionize software development by reducing mental strain and improving productivity. AI-powered coding tools like GitHub Copilot provide code completion, suggestions, generative AI, natural language processing, and enhanced debugging. Developers should focus on prompt engineering, code reviews, testing, security, communication, problem solving, adaptability, ethical thinking, and empathy.

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**@tanish82** · 1 upvotes

> so should i still pursue coding or not

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