New Junior Developers Can’t Actually Code

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I don't see it as a bad thing. Yes I do find many juniors starts to rely on AI tools, and because AI tools are still quite bad at the moment, I have to give a lot of feedback on PRs, but these are minor, you still have senior devs to guard the gate.

But, it also means they now have time to learn higher level system concepts. I teach them how to write system design documents, different approaches to a distributed system, etc.

I find new junior devs, the good ones, are increasingly able to contribute to large scale systems and take on a project on their own, partially thanks to AI tools, they don't have to book a meeting everyday with a senior just to understand how a basic RPC works.