{"id":993361,"date":"2026-02-18T08:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=993361"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:15:08","slug":"ai-will-redefine-tech-jobs-as-coding-no-longer-the-core-goal-infosys-chairman-nandan-nilekani-speaks-on-investor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/02\/18\/ai-will-redefine-tech-jobs-as-coding-no-longer-the-core-goal-infosys-chairman-nandan-nilekani-speaks-on-investor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"AI will redefine tech jobs as coding no longer the core goal: Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani speaks on Investor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Infosys co-founder and Chairman Nandan Nilekani has warned that AI is fundamentally transforming the nature of technology jobs, with traditional coding set to lose its central role in software development and IT services. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Infosys\u2018 Investor Day on February 17, Nilekani described the AI shift as a \u201croot-and-branch\u201d change, unlike previous transitions such as mobile or cloud computing, which added layers to existing systems. Instead, AI demands a complete rethink of customer journeys, business processes, operating models, and organisational structures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infosys co-founder and Chairman Nandan Nilekani has warned that AI is fundamentally transforming the nature of technology jobs, with traditional coding set to lose its central role in software development and IT services. Speaking at Infosys\u2018 Investor Day on February 17, Nilekani described the AI shift as a \u201croot-and-branch\u201d change, unlike previous transitions such as mobile or cloud computing, which added layers to existing systems. Instead, AI demands a complete rethink of customer journeys, business processes, operating models, and organisational structures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-993361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=993361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=993361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}