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Hans India
09-06-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Satya Nadella's Advice for Aspiring Tech Professionals: Master the Basics to Stay Ahead of AI
In a world rapidly reshaped by artificial intelligence, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes that one skill remains irreplaceable — strong fundamentals. In a recent interview with tech YouTuber Sajjaad Khade, Nadella emphasized that despite AI's increasing role in software development, it still depends heavily on the developer's ability to think logically and design systems effectively. 'Just getting real fundamentals of software (if you're a software engineer), I think, matters a lot,' Nadella stated. 'To me, having the ability to think computationally (is important).' Nadella was responding to a question from Khade on what single piece of advice he would give to those starting a tech career in today's AI-dominated landscape. He underlined the importance of learning to structure problems and think like a software architect — roles that AI can assist with, but not replace. "The path to being that software architect gets speeded up," Nadella noted. "All of us are going to be more software architects." Illustrating his point with a personal story, Nadella recounted an experience using GitHub Copilot — Microsoft's AI-powered coding assistant — to solve a tricky bug in his own code. He was developing a feature that used a percentile filter and realized he needed to recall SQL concepts to resolve the issue effectively. "Except I was thinking about it, it was a pretty cool issue, right? The issue was I did a filter, which was basically a percentile... creating a feature. But then I said, 'Oh man, this is, like, you know, I could, you know, recount what is a SQL, right?'" This, he explained, is the future of software development — a collaborative relationship between human intuition and AI automation. While AI handles repetitive and mechanical parts of coding, humans must still guide the design, structure, and purpose of software systems. Nadella also revealed that AI already writes a large share of Microsoft's code. 'I'd say maybe 20 per cent, 30 percent of the code that is inside of our repos today and some of our projects are probably all written by software,' he said during a previous conversation with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Beyond product development, Nadella has committed to preparing the next generation for this evolving reality. At Microsoft Build, he spoke about 'agentic AI,' a concept redefining the technology stack and unlocking new developer opportunities. In line with that vision, Microsoft has launched a major initiative in India aimed at training 500,000 students, educators, developers, and entrepreneurs by 2026. Partnering with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the initiative includes the creation of an AI Centre of Excellence called 'AI Catalysts' and the establishment of 20 AI productivity labs in National Skill Training Institutes and NIELIT centres across ten Indian states. The goal: train 20,000 educators and foster a community of 100,000 AI developers, especially in rural and underrepresented areas. Nadella's message is clear — AI is transforming how we build software, but human creativity, logic, and a strong grasp of the basics are what will continue to set successful developers apart.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Agentic AI vendors target developers with early releases
Numerous agentic AI solutions have hit the market in recent weeks, and vendors of the autonomous software systems which perform tasks on behalf of users are squarely focused on the developer community. More than any other technology, since the advent of intelligent process automation and robotic process automation, agentic AI promises to unleash the next generation of automation which will unclog the operational provisioning complexities associated with app modernisation. Application platform providers are targeting developers for two reasons: application platform providers can quickly transform their AI assistants and copilots used largely for code generation into autonomous AI agents, attractive for their ability to automate more tasks and speed the application lifecycle; and, the ease to which these new agents help streamline new workflow automations provides developers with greater access to AI and data-driven technology previously out of reach due to a lack of expertise. As a result, developers are heavily sought after by vendors and service providers rolling out new AI agent tools and platforms. Examples of this trend have played out in the last few weeks. During its Microsoft Build conference, Microsoft rolled out an upgrade of its popular Copilot AI assistant, enhanced through an autonomous coding agent which integrates with GitHub products. At the time of the announcement Microsoft reminded the industry that it is able to target an army of 15 million GitHub Copilot developers, implying that those coders just might be interested in seizing the opportunity to upskill into agentic AI. Late last year, Microsoft revealed a public preview of autonomous agents through Copilot Studio. Now developers can access new agentic capabilities, including 'agent mode,' and 'code review,' to streamline app development, deployment, and troubleshooting. At the same time, new capabilities have been added to Azure AI Foundry Agent Service to help pro developers orchestrate multiple specialised agents. Similarly, during its conference, Pegasystems announced agentic AI features within its flagship Pega Infinity App Studio to ease the development process by injecting AI into learning, design, integration, user experience, and testing of the application lifecycle. The idea, once again, is to speed the app development process through agentic capabilities which include detailed instructions, best practices' guidance, and streamlined integrations through automated third-party connections. Ultimately, the release of these enhanced developer platforms open up new opportunities for developers, through enhanced automation of app development processes to help ease the problematic application lifecycle phase of moving new application architectures into production. This is the phase of app modernisation which DevOps teams have struggled with for years, and the primary barrier of adoption of digital transformations. Overcoming those barriers is the promise of AI agents. "Agentic AI vendors target developers with early releases" was originally created and published by Verdict, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Errore nel recupero dei dati Effettua l'accesso per consultare il tuo portafoglio Errore nel recupero dei dati Errore nel recupero dei dati Errore nel recupero dei dati Errore nel recupero dei dati
India Today
08-06-2025
- Business
- India Today
Satya Nadella reveals the one skill you need to beat AI and land your first tech job
In an era where artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the software industry, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has a clear message for those aiming to break into tech: Never underestimate the power of strong fundamentals. In a recent chat with popular tech YouTuber Sajjaad Khade, Nadella offered a dose of grounded advice for beginners hoping to make their mark in the tech world. Despite AI's growing capabilities, he believes that foundational computational thinking and system design skills remain critical. "Just getting real fundamentals of software (if you're a software engineer), I think, matters a lot," Nadella said. "To me, having the ability to think computationally (is important)."advertisementKhade posed the question and asked Nadella what one piece of advice he would offer someone just starting out in today's AI-driven software landscape. Nadella highlighted that while AI can assist in coding, it still relies heavily on the user's ability to think logically and offer structured guidance."The path to being that software architect gets speeded up," he explained. "All of us are going to be more software architects." Nadella used a personal anecdote to underline his point. He recalled how he recently encountered a bug in his code and resolved it using GitHub Copilot, an AI-powered coding assistant. "Except I was thinking about it, it was a pretty cool issue, right? The issue was I did a filter, which was basically a percentile... creating a feature. But then I said, 'Oh man, this is, like, you know, I could, you know, recount what is a SQL, right?'"advertisementThis balance between human insight and AI-powered assistance, Nadella argues, is what the future of coding looks like. While AI will continue to handle more repetitive and mechanical tasks, the core responsibilities of structuring problems and designing coherent systems will fall to fact, the extent to which AI has already penetrated Microsoft's own software development process is striking. In a conversation with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg earlier this year, Nadella revealed that AI currently writes a significant portion of Microsoft's code."I'd say maybe 20 per cent, 30 per cent of the code that is inside of our repos today and some of our projects are probably all written by software," he also spotlighted the concept of "agentic AI" during his keynote at Microsoft Build last month. According to him, "The agentic web is reshaping the entire tech stack, and we are creating new opportunities for devs at every layer."His commitment to preparing future tech professionals isn't limited to philosophy and product development. Earlier this year, Microsoft announced a major initiative in India as part of its broader global AI strategy. In partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the company has pledged to skill 500,000 students, educators, developers, government officials, and women entrepreneurs across the country by elements of this partnership include the establishment of an AI Centre of Excellence named "AI Catalysts," aimed at nurturing rural innovation and empowering a growing community of 100,000 AI developers. Furthermore, Microsoft will set up 20 AI productivity labs in National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs) and NIELIT centres across ten Indian states, designed to train 20,000 educators in core AI hands-on skilling push aligns with Nadella's emphasis on mastering the fundamentals. As AI continues to grow more sophisticated, those who pair a strong technical foundation with the ability to collaborate effectively with AI tools are the ones most likely to if you're planning to venture into tech, take it from Nadella, AI might write the code, but it's human ingenuity that still defines what that code should do.
Business Wire
28-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Cornerstone Announces Partnerships Alongside Suite of Agentic Product Innovation
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., a leader in workforce agility solutions, today at Cornerstone Spark Las Vegas announced strategic collaborations with Microsoft and Salesforce, a series of product innovations, and laid the path for organizations to upskill, reskill and plan their human and agentic workforces for the future of work with a groundbreaking system of agents strategy. 'Today's business reality: AI is replacing tasks, interactions, and decisions at a speed previously unmatched,' said Himanshu Palsule, Chief Executive Officer at Cornerstone. 'The old way of operating and workforce planning is no longer going to work in this reality. Organizations need to reshape processes and how we approach work for the future or be left behind. These partnerships and product innovations will set up our customers to not only plan for the reality of tomorrow, but to see even deeper into competitive and market intelligence for talent strategies and workforce readiness, to truly be one step ahead.' Announced today, Cornerstone has a partnership with Salesforce to bring Cornerstone agent actions to Agentforce. The agent actions will align Salesforce's Agentforce, the digital labor platform, for augmenting teams with trusted autonomous AI agents in the flow of work, with Cornerstone's AI-powered workforce capabilities. As featured at Microsoft Build last week and at Cornerstone Spark, Cornerstone is building AI agents to bring the value and utility of Cornerstone's market-leading workforce agility solutions into the flow of work, making them accessible within Microsoft's suite of enterprise productivity and collaboration tools, like Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365. Continuing its commitment to a unified and thriving partner ecosystem, launching this summer, the new Cornerstone Extend Marketplace will offer a centralized hub to discover and explore both technology and services partner solutions that extend the power of Cornerstone. Built to meet growing demand for plug-and-play integrations and a unified partner ecosystem, the Extend Marketplace streamlines solution discovery for customers while giving partners a stronger platform to drive visibility and adoption. Additional innovations launched at Cornerstone Spark Las Vegas, including: Cornerstone Transform: Workforce Intelligence and Cornerstone Skill Exchange – Following its launch in April, Cornerstone Transform is continuing its evolution to help organizations gain better visibility into the skills of their people and design the workforce of the future. Built on SkyHive's dynamic labor market data, innovations in Workforce Intelligence coming in Q3 2025 will help organizations take an inside-outside look at their teams and benchmark them against the market and offer competitive intelligence. Additionally, rolling out starting in July 2025, Cornerstone Transform will help organizations drive consistent skilling experiences across talent ecosystems with Cornerstone Skill Exchange, a control center for the automation of skills mapping and serve as a translation layer for skills data. Expanded Cornerstone Galaxy AI and Immerse capabilities – In July, Cornerstone will introduce a host of new AI capabilities in Cornerstone Galaxy powered by Cornerstone Galaxy AI. These include an intelligent in-platform assistant that empowers administrators with AI capabilities for content curation, compliance monitoring, report generation, and more. Additionally, Cornerstone Immerse Companion, immersive technology that enables learners to roleplay with AI mentors and coaches, will expand to additional modalities, including browser, audio-only, and mobile versions, to broaden access and enable new use cases for the technology. This milestone release represents the first phase of Cornerstone's vision to extend AI-driven efficiency across the entire organization with personalized, on-demand assistance that transforms how enterprises develop and mobilize talent. Innovation supporting the changing frontline workforce and mobile needs – Launching in July, the reimagined Cornerstone Galaxy Mobile App scales learning and workforce readiness, giving frontline and deskless workers smarter, faster access to training, compliance, upskilling, and career mobility – anytime, anywhere. With offline access, personalized learning, and enterprise-grade security, the app empowers organizations to keep on-the-go teams aligned, compliant, productive, and ready to grow. 'Cornerstone's partnerships and AI product innovations announced today mark a pivotal step forward—not just for new buyers, but for existing customers ready to modernize,' said Stacey Harris, Chief Research Officer, Sapient Insights Group. 'Combined with the bundles, they're making it far easier to grasp the full value of the Cornerstone environment in a unified way. For current customers, this is more than a packaging shift—it's a gateway to the next generation of futureproofing for human and AI hybrid workforces.' For more information, check out: About Cornerstone Cornerstone powers the potential of organizations and their people to thrive in a changing world. Cornerstone Galaxy, the complete AI platform for workforce agility, meets organizations where they are. With Galaxy, organizations can identify skills gaps and development opportunities, retain and engage top talent, and provide multimodal learning experiences to meet the diverse needs of the modern workforce. More than 7,000 organizations and 140 million users in 186 countries use Cornerstone Galaxy to build high-performing, future-ready organizations and people today.
Hans India
24-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Microsoft Employee Defies Email Restrictions to Voice Support for Palestinians
In a bold act of protest, a Microsoft employee has managed to bypass the company's internal filters that block terms like 'Palestine,' 'Gaza,' and 'Genocide' incorporate emails. The employee, Nisreen Jaradat, a senior tech support engineer, sent a powerful message to thousands of staff members on May 23rdwith the subject line: 'You can't get rid of us.' Her message, which was obtained by a famous publication, voiced her frustration with the company's stance on the ongoing conflict. 'As a Palestinian worker, I am fed up with the way our people have been treated by this company,' Jaradat wrote. 'I am sending this email as a message to Microsoft leaders: the cost of trying to silence all voices that dare to humanize Palestinians is far higher than simply listening to the concerns of your employees.' Although it remains unclear how Jaradat circumvented the internal restrictions, her email called on colleagues to support a petition by No Azure for Apartheid(NOAA), a group pushing Microsoft to end its partnerships with the Israeli government. NOAA has been behind multiple protest actions in recent weeks, including disruptions at the company's annual developer event, MicrosoftBuild. Jaradat encouraged coworkers to not only sign the petition but also to get involved in NOAA's growing internal movement. She described her email as a direct message to Microsoft leadership, urging them to confront uncomfortable truths rather than suppress employee voices. When asked about the incident, Microsoft spokesperson Frank Shaw referred that famous publication to a previously released statement addressing the policy. 'Mass emailing colleagues about any topic not related to work is not appropriate,' the company stated, adding that it has implemented measures to limit such messages to those who have opted in. Hossam Nasr, an organizer with NOAA, criticized the company's response. 'Microsoft keeps telling its workers to go through the appropriate channels, and yet time and time again, those who speak up in 'appropriate channels' from viva engage posts to HR tickets are silenced or ignored,' Nasr said. 'What Microsoft is really telling us is: make it convenient for us to ignore you. Nisreen's email summarises it: they cannot get rid of us. We will continue protesting in all ways, big and small, until our demands are met.' This week's escalation follows a string of employee-led demonstrations that began on May 19th when a Microsoft worker, Joe Lopez, interrupted the Build conference's key note and later emailed thousands of colleagues. Lopez was terminated that same day. Protests continued through the week, including interruptions during AI-related sessions and pickets outside the venue. The unrest comes shortly after Microsoft publicly acknowledged its contracts with the Israeli government but maintained that internal and external reviews found 'no evidence' that its tools were used to 'target or harm people' in Gaza. The employee actions have intensified internal tensions and raised questions about how far corporations should go in regulating speech related to global humanitarian issues. Read the full email here Yesterday, Microsoft chose to utterly and completely discriminate against an entire nation, an entire people, and an entire community by blocking all employees from sending any outbound email containing the words 'Palestine', 'Gaza', 'genocide', or 'apartheid'. Microsoft leaders justified this blatant censorship by saying it was to prevent you from receiving emails like the email that you are reading right now. Even though Microsoft SLT are aware that this 'short term solution' is easily by passable, as this email clearly proves, Microsoft still doubled down, insisted on not rolling back the policy, and decided to continue targeting and repressing their Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and allied workers. They refused to revoke this censorship tactic, despite its potential illegality, dozens of employees expressing how racist of a decision it was, and even leaders admitting they see how it can be perceived as discriminatory and targeted. This further proves how little Microsoft values Palestinian lives and Palestinian suffering. As a Palestinian worker, I am fed up with the way our people have been treated by this company. I am sending this email as a message to Microsoft leaders: the cost of trying to silence all voices that dare to humanize Palestinians is far higher than simply listening to the concerns of your employees. Had this useless and discriminatory policy been revoked, as I tried to request numerous times through so-called 'proper channels'[1][2], I would not be sending you all this email. Despite claiming to have 'heard concerns from our employees and the public regarding Microsoft technologies used by the Israeli military to target civilians or cause harm in the conflict in Gaza' in a statement riddled with lies, admissions, and absurd justifications, Microsoft has shown that they are utterly uninterested in hearing what we have to say. Microsoft claims that they 'provide many avenues for all voices to be heard'. However, whenever we try to discuss anything substantial about divesting from genocidein the 'approved channels', workers are retaliated against, doxxed, or silenced. Microsoft has deleted relevant employee questions in AMAs with executives and shut down Viva Engage posts in dedicated channels for asking SLT questions. Managers have warned outspoken directs to stay quiet and have even openly retaliated against them. When my community tries to flag issues and concerns to HR/GER/WIT, we have been met with racist outcomes with double standards. Throughout all this, Microsoft has sent a clear message to their employees: There are no proper channels at Microsoft to express your concerns, disagreements, or even questions about how Microsoft is using your labor to kill Palestinian babies. Over this past week, Microsoft has shown their true face, brutalizing, detaining, firing, pepper spraying, threatening and insulting workers and former workers protesting at Microsoft Build. This email censorship is simply the latest example in a long list of recent extreme and outrageous escalations by Microsoft against my community. Enough is enough. It has become clear that Microsoft will not listen to us out of the goodness of their hearts. Microsoft will not change their stance just because it is the moral or even legal thing to do. Microsoft will only divest from genocide once it becomes more expensive for them to kill Palestinians than not. Right now, Microsoft makes a lot of money from genocide-profiteering, so we must make support for genocide even more expensive. The situation in Palestine is more urgent by the minute. More and more Palestinians are being killed of starvation under the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF)'s bombing campaign, invasion, and siege that has martyred an estimated 400,000Palestinians. The IOF have kidnapped over 16,000 Palestinians and placed them in torture and rape camps. 1.93 million Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced, and over 40,000 Palestinians have been displaced in the West Bank. While a hostile work environment is difficult, it cannot compare to the horrors taking place in Palestine - horrors that we as Microsoft employees are complicit in. These futile attempts to silence our community, while painful at times, are evidence that the pressure we are applying is working. This is not the time for baby steps or gradual progress. Starving infants cannot wait any longer. We, as a company of over 200,000 employees, are providing the technological backbone for Israel's genocidal war machine in Palestinian. We, as employees of this company, have a responsibility to end our employer's complicity in this AI-assisted genocide! Now is the time to escalate against Microsoft and end this Microsoft-powered genocide! I am calling on every employee of conscience to: Sign No Azure for Apartheid's petition calling for a termination of all Microsoft contracts with the Israeli military and government: Strongly consider whether you want to stay in the company and fight for change from within, or if you want to leave and stop contributing labor to genocide. If you choose to leave Microsoft to no longer be complicit in genocide, do not go quietly. The No Azure for Apartheid campaign is ready to help you make an impact on your way out for Palestine, and we will also do our best to provide you support before leaving. Reach out to us expressing your interest to leave here. If you choose to stay, continue to fight from the inside to end Microsoft's, and your own, Complicity in war crimes, join the No Azure for Apartheid campaign. If you are worried about being public with your affiliation, rest assured that as a worker-led grassroots movement, we have members with all levels of anonymity and risk level. Some of our members are publicly visible and will even publicly confront our war-criminal executives, such as Satya Nadella, Mustafa Suleyman, and Jay Parikh at major Microsoft events like the 50th Anniversary celebration and Microsoft Build. Other members choose to stay completely anonymous and still contribute to the critical work of the campaign. There is room for everyone: While I do understand that as Microsoft employees, we cannot fully boycott Microsoft, most of us can focus on the priority targets set by the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction (BDS) movement, which recently set Microsoft as a priority target. The main target of the boycott is Microsoft Gaming, especially X-Box. We can also encourage our friends and family to boycott Microsoft where possible. To Microsoft Senior Leadership team specifically: You cannot silence Palestine. You cannot silence Gaza. You cannot hide your involvement in genocide and apartheid. Free Palestine Nisreen Jaradat
