{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ac466ae4d64c302aae313dec","clusterId":"c_c4078e2f6675e1a4d437200a","slug":"game-and-school-panel-weighs-ai-skills-in-programmer-hiring","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Game And School Panel Weighs AI Skills In Programmer Hiring","summary":"A CEDEC 2026 panel session titled \"In the Generative AI Era, What Has Changed in the Skills Expected of New Game Programmers (Hiring x Education)\" brought together five speakers: Seiji Takahashi of Bandai Namco Studios, Moto Arima of Altplus, Tomohiko Mukai of Tokyo Metropolitan University, Ryuichi Kawano of Massive Game Technology, and moderator Takashi Imakire of Tokyo Polytechnic University. The discussion covered how hiring exams treat AI use and how far classes should assume it.","whyItMatters":"The panel puts the industry's and the schools' answers to generative AI in the same room, which is where the hiring standard for new programmers will actually get settled.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe session drew its speakers from both sides of the hiring pipeline. Takahashi manages the Advanced Technology Section in Bandai Namco Studios\u0026#39; Core Technology Department, working on service development with machine learning, deep learning, and LLMs, and uses GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Claude Code in his own work. Arima, Altplus\u0026#39; CTO, said the company fully introduced generative AI in February and now runs server-side development almost without human intervention.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the education side, Mukai teaches designer training at Tokyo Metropolitan University and has students use GitHub Copilot, treating vibe coding as a premise. Kawano teaches C++ and mathematics at a vocational school while developing VR engines, and compares Claude, GPT, and Gemini. Takahashi said Bandai Namco Studios does not give preferential treatment in hiring to AI use itself.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The CEDEC 2026 panel put hiring exams and classroom AI rules in the same room, and the two sides are not converging. Bandai Namco Studios hires on test conditions; Tokyo Metropolitan University still decides what students may use.","twitterPost":"CEDEC 2026's panel paired Bandai Namco Studios hiring with university AI rules. Exam conditions and classroom policy do not match on what counts as skill.","threadsPost":"Five speakers at CEDEC 2026 covered what new game programmers should know when generative AI writes code. The gap sits between Bandai Namco Studios' hiring exams and what Tokyo Metropolitan University still allows in class. Applicants get graded on one set of rules and taught under another.","newsletterBlurb":"A CEDEC 2026 panel put game industry hiring and university and vocational school teaching in the same session to ask what new programmers should be able to do now that generative AI is part of engineering work. Bandai Namco Studios, Altplus, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Massive Game Technology and Tokyo Polytechnic University took part. Takahashi said AI use itself carries no preferential treatment in hiring.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GameBusiness.jp\",\"url\":\"https://www.gamebusiness.jp/article/2026/09/16/28073.html\",\"title\":\"In an Era Where Generative AI Is Used for Programming Too, What Do New Programmers Need? Game Industry and University/Vocational School Representatives Discuss [CEDEC2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4605,"outputTokens":644,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789553060,"createdAt":"2026-09-16T09:58:59.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-16T10:03:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T10:03:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_c4078e2f6675e1a4d437200a","canonicalTitle":"生成AIがプログラミングでも活用される時代に、新人プログラマーに必要なものとは？ ゲーム産業と大学・専門学校関係者が議論【CEDEC2026】","representativeArticleId":"a_6654f48c44511da9aac105c7","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-16T09:00:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-16T09:00:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T10:03:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GameBusiness.jp","url":"https://www.gamebusiness.jp/article/2026/09/16/28073.html","title":"生成AIがプログラミングでも活用される時代に、新人プログラマーに必要なものとは？ ゲーム産業と大学・専門学校関係者が議論【CEDEC2026】"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}