5 March 2026

Are software engineers being trained for unemployment? Here’s the tech ecosystem’s response

Opinion in Børsen 5 March 2026

By Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard, Professor, SDU Software Engineering, Claus Brabrand, Head of Center for Computing Education Research, ITU, Jan Madsen, Head of Department, Professor, DTU Compute, Karen Skjerbæk Jørgensen, CCO Digital Health, Trifork & Thomas Riisgaard Hansen, Managing Director, DIREC

As the production of code becomes easier, some believe that the need for expertise disappears. In reality, the opposite happens. When AI can write code, it becomes even more important to educate people who can define the requirements.