34% of people shipping software using AI tools have no formal programming background
Zapier found 56% of nontraditional builders are shipping customer-facing tools, and 20% say AI skills helped them earn a promotion or raise.
- A Zapier survey of 818 employees found 34% of people shipping software using AI-powered tools lack formal programming backgrounds. Non-traditional builders are changing software development, with many creating tools for customers or the general public.
- Five years ago, creating a dashboard required formal requests, but today's technology allows workers to build apps from scratch using tools like Cursor or GitHub Copilot. Some call this vibe coding.
- One-Fifth of Non-traditional builders landed a promotion or raise, while 56% create tools for customers or the general public. Additionally, 54% of these tools remain in use today.
- Nearly everyone without formal programming experience—92%—has run into major challenges using AI-powered tools. Most commonly, builders report code errors or bugs, security and data privacy concerns, and incorrect or unusable outputs.
- Two-Thirds of Non-traditional builders plan to continue using AI-powered tools in the next one to two years, with 36% expecting to use them significantly more as Execs push teams to adopt these technologies.
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34% of people shipping software using AI tools have no formal programming background
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