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The Junior Developer Is Going Extinct (dev.to)

submitted 2 days ago by mothasa@x69.org to c/programming@programming.dev

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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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[–] ell1e@leminal.space 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I doubt it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/corneliawalther/2025/06/09/intelligence-illusion-what-apples-ai-study-reveals-about-reasoning/ Gen AIs are literally so unable to have any basic logical thought, I think this is merely the hype.

To anybody still being scared, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3400S4qMH6o

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

IBM article last week also said they were trippling down on hiring juniors.

[–] ell1e@leminal.space 1 points 13 hours ago

I don't really trust IBM to know what they're doing, but it's still a nice sign.