AI has torched the market for junior programmers

According to Hacker News, artificial intelligence has significantly disrupted the job market for junior programmers. As companies deploy AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot and other language models, they're hiring fewer entry-level developers—why invest in training new programmers when AI can handle routine coding work? The shift is raising the barrier to entry for aspiring software engineers.

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