Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT and Claude write code fast and sound sure of every line. In a first IT job, the trust a lead gives you depends on what happens between the suggestion and the commit.
This guide is that part, step by step, built on one rule: the AI is the trainee, you are the manager, and your commit is the sign-off. Inside: what to check before the first prompt (which tools are approved, and what never to paste), how to read a suggestion like a trainee's report, how to explain and test it before you commit, how to say in the pull request where AI helped, a first-week plan, and four AI prompts: Review this like a senior, The diff tutor, The test-case writer and The honest pull request.
