u/AdamnSyk

I came across this article today claiming that junior (L3) offers are down almost 60% since 2022.

The craziest part is they cite telemetry data saying seniors aren't actually shipping more, they're just spending all their time reviewing AI-generated slop (PR review times are apparently up 91%). But management thinks Seniors + Copilot = 3x output, so they just stopped hiring juniors entirely to save money.

As someone trying to navigate this market, this feels incredibly bleak. Are you guys actually feeling this massive productivity boost on the ground, or are companies just eating the seed corn right now? For those like to read : https://www.salary.run/en/blog/ai-vs-junior-engineers-2026