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79% of developers want flexibility. Here’s who’s getting it (and who’s not). In our 2025 Developer Skills Report , we found that 79% of developers prefer hybrid or remote work, but only 64% are afforded that type of flexibility. The gap between where developers work and where they want to work varies sharply by region, role, and age. And those mismatches matter for retention and hiring.
Momentum over magnitude With AI moving fast and reshaping how software gets built, you'd expect the developer skills landscape to be in full churn. But looking back at the full year of skills data from 2024, that’s not exactly what we see. At least, not on the surface. The top five skills—SQL, REST API, Java, Python, and JavaScript—haven’t budged. But that’s not because nothing’s changing. It’s…
With the rise of AI tools helping candidates game online hiring assessments and interviews, hiring teams are increasingly losing trust in the integrity of these evaluations. But before we blame AI for everything, let’s pause and unpack an essential nuance of integrity.
AI is changing what it means to be a software developer—to be an orchestrator of AI agents. AI also impacts trust in the hiring process — did the candidate follow the instructions? This means the skills you need to build and the way you hire and upskill needs to change. AI is making what was once impossible, now possible. It was not possible to test people’s thought process at scale. It was not…
At HackerRank, our customers inspire us daily with their innovation, ingenuity, and drive to achieve remarkable results. By combining their genius with HackerRank solutions, they are transforming talent acquisition and management processes. The fourth annual HackerRank Innovator Awards, held at the Conrad, Bengaluru, on February 7, celebrated their brilliance and achievements. With over 400…
AI can already write functions, scaffold projects, fix bugs, even suggest entire architectures. And it’s getting better all the time . So what’s the point of learning how to write a loop? Or manage memory? Or reason through system design? Will any of that still matter in a year? It’s a fair question. And one a lot of developers are quietly asking. If AI can already do so much (and is improving so…
The stoic, traditional career ladder is pretty much nonexistent in the world of software engineering. The best engineers have choices: You can venture into the unfamiliar domain of management, in which your biggest challenge is getting all hands on deck to achieve an exciting vision. Or, if you deeply enjoy the art of coding, you can reach incrementally higher peaks as a distinguished individual…
In software development, evolving and adapting to new methodologies is the name of the game. And one methodology that has fundamentally changed the landscape is CI/CD , which stands for continuous integration and continuous delivery (or continuous deployment, depending on who you ask). A key component of the DevOps movement, CI/CD seamlessly merges the creative prowess of development with the…
This article originally appeared on Forbes.com . You’ve probably read plenty about the trendiest fitness consumer gadgets, like the Fitbit, Jawbone or Apple HealthKit. But there’s a more significant healthcare revolution emerging right now at the convergence of affordable mobile tech and widespread broadband network connectivity. The mobile health revolution, widely dubbed “mHealth,” is empowering…
BENGALURU: Recruitment platform HackerRank received a $7.5 million (Rs 47.6 crore) strategic investment from Japanese firm Recruit Holdings’ HR Technology Fund to accelerate its growth. HackerRank is used by programmers to hone their coding skills and by companies to recruit tech talent. Co-founded in 2012 by Vivek Ravisankar and Harishankaran Karunanidhi, the graduate of Silicon Valley-based Y…
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