Julia Gao
A software engineer at Microsoft who participates in the PRAISE program. She grew from an intern into a full-time engineer and has experienced the changes AI has brought to the way software development work is carried out.
Timeline (last 90 days)
When Microsoft software engineer Julia Gao interned in 2024, AI was mainly used for basic problems such as syntax conversion; after working full-time, the introduction of models such as Cloud Opus completely changed the way of working, and the team now uses multi-agent workflows to complete all coding.
Julia Gao describes that the bottleneck in her daily work has shifted from writing code to reading code, understanding AI changes, verifying whether they meet expectations, and waiting for builds to finish; AI is also used for PR review, but sometimes its suggestions expand the scope of work.
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When Microsoft software engineer Julia Gao interned in 2024, AI was mainly used for basic problems such as syntax conversion; after working full-time, the introduction of models such as Cloud Opus completely changed the way of working, and the team now uses multi-agent workflows to complete all coding.
50%UnverifiedJulia Gao describes that the bottleneck in her daily work has shifted from writing code to reading code, understanding AI changes, verifying whether they meet expectations, and waiting for builds to finish; AI is also used for PR review, but sometimes its suggestions expand the scope of work.
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