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.

  • Velypso@sh.itjust.works
    72·
    10 hours ago

    Reading articles like this crack me up, because so, so many devs were so incredibly smug while they coded their own demise with AI, repeatedly saying which “unskilled labor” would be replaced.

    Turns out they played themselves.

    Watching this sector in particular is extremely satisfying.