My personal experience is quite the opposite. A junior developer with AI is dangerous, and will produce a large amount of work that isn't well architected and will require substantial review and correction. It is easier for me to leverage coding agents to get shit done than it is to even explain what is needed in terms that a junior can run with.
greggoB•15m ago
It's always been easier for more senior/experienced engineers to do things themselves instead of guiding juniors. Your comment doesn't really detail how this is different with AI in the picture.
johannsg•8m ago
I don’t think the article is suggesting this at all. My takeaway from it (and my own view) is that we need to continue hiring, developing, and growing talent as we have in the past.
Today’s AI tools can generate working code, but it is often difficult to maintain -- especially as a codebase becomes large and complex.
Junior engineers working within a team, alongside senior engineers, with proper guidance and mentorship -- and while learning how to effectively use the current generation of AI tools -- are exactly what the industry needs to avoid a talent shortage in the not-too-distant future.
whalesalad•1h ago
greggoB•15m ago
johannsg•8m ago
Today’s AI tools can generate working code, but it is often difficult to maintain -- especially as a codebase becomes large and complex.
Junior engineers working within a team, alongside senior engineers, with proper guidance and mentorship -- and while learning how to effectively use the current generation of AI tools -- are exactly what the industry needs to avoid a talent shortage in the not-too-distant future.
nextlevelwizard•8m ago