AHMEDABAD: IT industry template dictates that ideally coders must come from an IT background. But not necessarily if the world is riding the artificial intelligence (AI) wave! AI has emerged as a great disruptive tool for the IT industry, allowing firms to hire candidates whose qualifications aren’t even remotely tech-related.
Take the case of a young man with a degree in commerce.He is now lending software and coding-related expertise to an IT product and services firm in the city. “He used to help his father at their family grocery store. Having learnt coding using AI, he is now making productive contributions to the business and earning a good package,” says Mitesh Shethwala, director of an IT product and IT service company in Ahmedabad.
Industry experts say emergence of AI is reshaping the sector, making coding easier and opening doors for non-IT graduates. Yash Shah, co-founder and CEO of a SaaS company catering to the US and European markets, said, “We recently hired 15 people, six of whom are non-IT engineers. With AI tools, skill gap between IT and non-IT engineers is narrowing. This trend will likely continue, leading to significant changes in the industry.”
Similarly, another tech-enabled, data-driven solutions company hired about eight new candidates from non-IT backgrounds. Tejinder Oberoi, the firm’s executive director and past chairperson of GESIA IT Association, said, “AI has helped us hire people with domain knowledge and skill these domain experts for coding. Automation has made coding easier. With training, non-tech engineers can very well develop software.” Oberoi said that they have observed less attrition among non-IT employees compared to IT grads.
Industry experts said companies are experimenting with ‘prompt engineering’, a new role where individuals articulate business requirements and logic to generate accurate AI prompts. “Generative AI has demonstrated the capability to build clean and structured code, making it possible for non-IT professionals to participate in the coding process,” said Shreejay Sheth, founder of a tech services company. “The trend does not indicate loss of jobs for IT grads but far higher productivity,” Sheth added.
‘Large cos are training non-IT engineers’
Mitesh Shethwala, who put faith in the commerce graduate, said AI is making it easier to teach coding to non-IT people. “AI even rectifies errors so development is now faster and even non-technical people can learn.” His firm has hired around 20 people in the last six months, of which four are from non-IT backgrounds. “Their attrition rate is lower,” Shethwala said.
Umesh Rateja, secretary of GESIA IT Association and cofounder of an IT firm says the trend was anticipated with AI and IoT. “With basic training, anyone can write code now, thanks to AI. This has led to the adoption of technology in core domains, and even large organizations have started training non-IT engineers. Medium-sized companies are also beginning to follow suit, which helps with retention and provides a more diverse skill set.”
Rateja said that the trend is slowly catching up in Gujarat. “New industries are emerging in places like Vadodara and Sanand, and people from core areas will soon start entering the IT sector. We at GESIA have been encouraging academic institutions to prepare their students to be open-minded and ready for these changes,” he said.
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