Training Developers for AI: One CIO’s Approach

Andrey Ivashin, CIO of the Dyninno Group, has found that informal, practical training opportunities helps developers and IT staff replace fear of AI with skills that help them and the business. Even as the hype over AI has washed over the IT industry, I have seen developers shy away from AI development aids for fear those tools would replace them. Neither the hype nor the fear is justified. AI development tools are not perfect and will not replace developers who stay on top of their game. But AI can save money and time today if used for the right purposes. Here’s how we have taken a practical, informal approach to training our developers in AI to help our business and their careers.

Should IT Workers Worry? I’ve had developers in my organization who were genuinely worried that AI will make them redundant. Some of them were even afraid to use AI assistants. They would find reasons to avoid them, trying to prove they could do better work than the AI tools. And on an emotional level, I get it. But this approach is futile because AI tools can help you be more productive. One example is using AI tools to write tests for code, which is time-consuming and routine work that many developers tend to skip.

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