# What Entry-Level Software Engineering Looks Like in the AI Age

DevFeed: [What Entry-Level Software Engineering Looks Like in the AI Age](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/dear-software-engineering-37657.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://swizec.com/interviews/dear-cc>)

Author: hi@swizec.com (Swizec Teller)

Published: 2026-05-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Swizec Teller](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/swizec-teller.md>)

Topics: [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [proof of work](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/proof-of-work.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [interviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interviews.md>), [proof-of-work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/proof-of-work.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>), [talks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/talks.md>)

## AI overview

Clara Shih, Chip Huyen, and Swizec Teller discuss how AI-assisted coding is affecting entry-level software engineering, including interviews, proof-of-work projects, systems thinking, and side projects.

## Source excerpt

Clara Shih talks with Chip Huyen and Swizec Teller about what entry-level software engineering looks like in the AI age.