Junior roles discussion is coming back

After Salesforce realized that letting a few thousand employees go and trying to replace them with AI was a bad idea, they had to rehire to deal with some of the problems this entire situation created.

However, no one is hiring junior-level positions. I don't think we can blame AI for this. I believe this is a sign of a struggling economy.

But for us, this is a problem today and 3 years from now. I am preparing the next workshop and it seems like it will be about budgeting challenges. One area where I would typically balance a budget on a longer project is to get a mid-level developer to help with general maintenance, which after 2 months of being on a team and some good oversight, they can do. Still a net positive value add, but at lower resource cost than a senior-level dev.

Well, if we are not hiring any junior-level developers today, all intermedate will become seniors and 3 years from now I will struggle to get a balanced team. And AI won’t solve this problem. What makes a good intermediate person worth bringing on the team is critical thinking, which AI struggles with. At least for now.

What is the outlook in your line of work?

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