Senior Engineers Are the Next DRAM Shortage

daymanstep

Why does this article read like it's AI-generated?

saulpw

So let's think one more step out. You're supposed to train your juniors so that you have seniors when everyone else is scrambling. But when everyone is scrambling, the biggest and most-funded/most-profitable companies will be offering a lot more money than you can afford to pay your now-senior devs. Now I suppose you think those former juniors would be so grateful that you trained them, that they would be loyal to your company and continue working for what you're paying them, right? ...right?

benoau

I think these thoughts on what happens without the junior-to-senior pipeline have been circulating for a while, long before the conversation even shifted to agents. What it boils down to is AI staying just bad enough to always need a developer to make the important calls. Meanwhile every effort is being made to improve it. If there's a ceiling that preserves our jobs and the value we bring to companies it will be a bitter pill to swallow for everyone else.

gonzalohm

> Every company on earth is about to want one who can drive a fleet of agents with judgment Maybe seniors are seniors because they care about their work so they won't be using AI crap for serious projects

brucer42

Your French is showing; isolable s.b. isolatable.