> they are not hesitant to use a coding assistant, they are hesitant to go all in and let the agents do all the execution.

They are embracing the use of coding agents, but they still want to be in control. That also matches what I see from my most talented colleagues. They outsource certain tasks to the AI and verify the output.

My somewhat unpopular opinion is that only very good developers are able to use AI coding tools somewhat safely. They could have written the code themselves, but it's faster to have the agent do and then verify. The rest of us couldn't write the code, at least not when we start on a project. When we finish, we have some of the skills and could rely more on the AI tools if we were to do it again.