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AI coding tools are replacing entry-level programming jobs faster than anyone predicted. The traditional path from junior to senior developer is collapsing, and the consequences for the entire industry could be devastating. If you mentor juniors or hire them, this one hits different.

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[–] mech@feddit.org 86 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why don't universities just offer courses where you graduate as senior dev?
Are they stupid?

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why don't universities just offer courses where you graduate as senior dev?

This exists, but it isn't easy to gather expert levels of programming experience willing to work for a teacher's salary. So your mileage may vary.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

So I recently started contributing a little to FOSS projects and and in just a few months, I ended up learning more than I learned in over a year of "industry experience".

The variance is high in this one.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago

The variance is high in this one.

Absolutely.