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> The bottom line: Junior developer hiring could collapse as AI automates entry-level tasks If AI automated entry-level tasks from today, that just means "entr
by afro88 9mo ago
> The bottom line: Junior developer hiring could collapse as AI automates entry-level tasks
If AI automated entry-level tasks from today, that just means "entry-level" means something different now. It doesn't mean entry-level ceases to exist. Entey-level as we know it, but not entry-level in general.
- pydry 9mo agoEntry level jobs have been in decline for years though. I used to work on teams which were 50% entry level. Then just one. Then all senior teams became the norm. This all happened after I became senior but before AI came along.
- sanderjd 9mo agoYeah this is truly my biggest concern. I think it's really bad.
- panopticon 9mo agoDefinitely. Our hiring pipeline seized up in 2022 and we've been disproportionately hiring senior+ roles since, and many teams are senior heavy. I think AI is a convenient scapegoat for other macro trends.
- achow 9mo agoOne indicator is intern hiring. I have seen the intern budgets getting slashed by 60-70% (4 interns in 2025 vs 14 interns in 2024).
- tenacious_tuna 9mo agoIt's not just juniors. One of my partners carries a PhD in epidemiology and bimolecular science; they've been job searching for eight months with no bites, just silence. A friend of mine is a chemical engineering PhD, she's been searching for a year and just had her first interview. I have eight years of software engineering experience but am only one rung up from the bottom of our SWE ladder, and we don't even hire the bottom rung anymore at my org. Seems like there's crushing pressure from above to limit hiring at every stage.