The future of juniors in the “age of AI”

It is said that junior developers are no more: companies don’t need them because it’s “easy” to replace them with language models (I would not go so far as to call it AI). At the same time, new people coming to the industry are questioning themselves whether they should pursue it or not. I think both angles are incorrect. You see, companies never really needed just there programmers. They required problem solvers. And for LLMs to solve problems elegantly and eloquently they need guidance. Simply because it is an algorithm that lacks insight and intuition. And that won’t change. So, it is better to pose a question differently: do you need problem solvers?. Because not every business do. Sometimes you just need a pair of hands and that’s where language models are capable. At the same time, from the perspective of a student–who is wondering what to pursue–the question is not whether or not you will be replaced. That’s not a correct way to think about it. The question is: do you enjoy…