Future of Work

Who Captures the Gains When Software Writes Software?

Editorial Desk · Aug 12, 2026 · 6 min read

Coding assistants raise output per engineer. Wage and hiring effects will not be uniform.

AI coding tools compress routine implementation. Senior engineers who specify, review and integrate work become more valuable; entry-level task bundles shrink.

For India's IT services model, the question is whether billing still tracks hours or shifts toward outcomes and proprietary data.