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The Junior Developer Is Going Extinct (dev.to)
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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.

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[-] Cryxtalix@programming.dev 9 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Eating your seed corn? One good meal then a permenant famine is enough for CEOs to raise valuations and investors to pump and dump the stock. The famine is someone else's problem. It's exactly what the market rewards.

this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2026
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