Entry-level software engineering postings dropped 67% between 2023 and 2024. The pipeline that turns students into engineers is collapsing.

AI coding tools are replacing entry-level programming jobs faster than anyone predicted. The traditional path from junior to senior developer is collapsing, and the consequences for the entire industry could be devastating. If you mentor juniors or hire them, this one hits different.

  • Avicenna@programming.dev
    10·
    5 hours ago

    This is not the only effect. It is turning programming based jobs effectively into slavery. CEOs who buy into this hype are obsessed with producing 10 times more with half the work force. So mid level programmers, instead of coding (for most the fun part) spend most of their time checking AI code (for most the boring part) and at quantities probably 2-5x more than before.