I'm happy to hire juniors but they must still have relevant skills. One question I ask is "how does one build a coding agent" - if a junior is unable to outline the ideas around building and expanding coding agents, it indicates they are not aware of what industry they work in.

How do we know it's "AI", and not just the fact that CS has gotten too popular and there's now a glut of new graduates?

https://cra.org/crn/2025/08/infographic-computing-bachelors-...