AI automates 30% of coding, reshaping India’s IT job market

4 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Apr 29

McKinsey estimates that AI now performs 30% of coding tasks, impacting nearly 1.5 million new Indian engineering graduates annually.
Major IT firms like Infosys, TCS, Wipro, and HCL are reducing entry-level hiring as AI tools rapidly replace traditional coding roles, prompting students to reconsider computer science degrees.
Industry leaders emphasize adaptability as essential for survival, while career advisors increasingly recommend studying AI itself over conventional programming to remain relevant in the evolving job landscape.

As AI 'vibe coding' decimates IT jobs, what is the future for India's 1.5 million annual engineering graduates?

As AI writes its own code, is a traditional computer science degree becoming obsolete for the next generation?

As China purges 'zombie companies,' is it preparing for a new phase of global economic competition?

Trapped between the US and China, can India avoid choosing a side in the new economic cold war?

How are global firms navigating the 'competitive protectionism' that is fracturing world supply chains?

Can America's high-tech recycling strategy break China's stranglehold on the world's most critical minerals?