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I just don't find this argument convincing. The tasks does not change because its remote, rather the costs have gone up to hire junior developers while costs to
by upupandup 4y ago
I just don't find this argument convincing. The tasks does not change because its remote, rather the costs have gone up to hire junior developers while costs to increase producitivity in existing devs have dropped significantly.
Namely, github copilot, which removed a lot of "hey junior can you write a class to talk to this CRUD api" to "hey github generate snippets of boilerplate code that I can tweak to my exact needs"
Lot of companies are realizing that their existing senior developers are now armed with this amazing tool and that its leading to faster turnarounds. The door appears to be closing for entry positions that used to take in high school drop outs, code bootcamp grads or single moms.
- anon2020dot00 4y agoI don't agree that copilot will hurt junior hiring; Co-pilot is just a tool that even juniors can use to make them productive even quicker. In fact, I think it will allow juniors to contribute faster and for high-school drop outs, code bootcamp grads or single moms to get hired more easily since instead of a steep learning curve, copilot allows them to quickly produce. I'd agree with the argument if there was no such thing as entropy and senior developers were a static resource that didn't depreciate but every company is going to need new blood just because the seniors are eventually going to retire or move to different companies for their own growth. The big appeal of juniors is usually low salary and willingness to work long hours and so juniors will often be attractive to companies.