That’s all well and good for the humans with experience, for whom AI is a force multiplier.
My concern is for the juniors - there’s going to be far fewer opportunities for them to get started in careers.
My concern is for the juniors - there’s going to be far fewer opportunities for them to get started in careers.
When the market pool of seniors will run dry, and as long as hiring a junior + AI is better than a random person + AI, it will balance itself.
I do believe the “we have a tech talent shortage” was and is a lie, the shortage is tech talent that is willing to work for less. Everyone was told to just learn to code and make 6 figures out do college. This drove over-supply.
There is still shortage of very good software engineers, just not shortage of people with a computer science degree.
Things that software developers are extremely allergic to
In Europe it’s different.