A tough pill to swallow that I think a lot of students and very junior engineers fail to realize is that bringing on a new grad and/or someone very junior is qu

A tough pill to swallow that I think a lot of students and very junior engineers fail to realize is that bringing on a new grad and/or someone very junior is quite often a drain on productivity for a good while. Maybe ~6 months for the "average" new grad. Maybe AI exacerbates that timeline somewhat, but engineering teams have always hired new grads with the implicit notion that they're hiring to have a productive team member 6 months to a year down the line, not day one.