Entry-level software engineering postings dropped 67% between 2023 and 2024. The pipeline that turns students into engineers is collapsing.

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.

  • floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Heather Doshay, head of people at SignalFire, told the New York Times: “Nobody has patience or time for hand-holding in this new environment, where a lot of the work can be done by A.I. autonomously.”

    This is how they think. It’s not smart.

    • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
      0·
      53 minutes ago

      Honestly, I was surprised at how much hand-holding junior devs required.
      Because, I didn’t really ask for a tenth of that.

      But it really just varies by person. There were enough people I knew during uni that decided and executed projects by themselves. For some reason, I just don’t meet similar ones at work.