New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- Artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally changing the tech industry - from how software is built, shipped, and scaled. However, as global technology advances more quickly, the traditional four-year engineering curriculum often takes longer to catch up.

This disconnect has created a massive gap between what students are taught in university classrooms and the rapidly evolving skills tech recruiters actually demand, experts told LiveMint.

With generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) taking over routine programming tasks, tech companies are no longer paying a premium for graduates who can simply write basic syntax. Instead, hiring managers are actively seeking "AI judgment"-the ability to debug, validate, ...