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> I feel like I saw a quote recently that said 20-30% of MS code is generated in some way. [0] Similar to google. MS now requires devs to use ai
by DeepYogurt 1y ago
> I feel like I saw a quote recently that said 20-30% of MS code is generated in some way. [0]
Similar to google. MS now requires devs to use ai
- spooneybarger 1y agoI know a lot of devs at MSFT, none of them are required to use AI.
- diggan 1y agoFrom reading around on Hacker News and Reddit, it seems like half of commentators say what you say, and the other half says "I work at Microsoft/know someone who works at Microsoft, and our/their manager just said we have to use AI", someone mentioned being put on PIP for not "leveraging AI" as well. I guess maybe different teams have different requirements/workflows?
- spooneybarger 1y agoO ya, when I was at Microsoft, everything varied widely by team and organization. I can imagine there are groups where it is true. I mostly want to push back on the idea that there's one monolithic culture that is Microsoft.
- _heimdall 1y agoThe GitHub org is required to for sure, with a very similar mandate to the one Shopify's CEO put out. LLM use is now part of the annual review process, its self reported if I'm not mistaken but at least at Microsoft they would have plenty of data to know how often you use the tools.
- beefnugs 1y agoSo demanding all employees use it... results in less than 30% compliance. That does tell me a lot