未来软件工程核心技能：验证与评估能力愈发关键。
Skills for the future software profession: beyond agentic AI!
- 从产业与学术圆桌讨论中提炼出新技能需求。
- 编码代理普及后，验证与测试重要性显著上升。
- 适合教育者与开发者参考未来人才培养方向。
随着编码代理快速改变软件工程实践，未来软件工程师所需的核心技能是什么？为此，我们总结了2026年在纽约和新加坡举行的两场圆桌会议成果，参会者包括研究人员与工业从业者。一个关键发现是：当代理承担实现任务时，验证与确认（verification and validation）的重要性日益凸显，这一观点在会议轶事中多次被强调。基于观察，我们归纳出在代理化开发时代开发者应具备的技能，并对今后软件工程师的培训与教育提出建议。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
As coding agents are rapidly changing software engineering, a natural question is: what are the core skills needed by future software engineers? To identify where software engineering is headed and thus what skills will be needed, we summarize the results of two round-tables with researchers and industrial practitioners, held in 2026 in New York and Singapore. One key finding is that verification and validation is increasing in importance as agents handle implementation, as highlighted by anecdotes from the events. From our observations, we identify the skills developers need in the agentic era of development, with implications for training and educating future software engineers in coming years.
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