If AI wipes out junior jobs, where will future senior employees come from?
VraserX · x · 2026-07-29
A short but pointed question: if companies stop hiring juniors because AI can handle junior-level work, where will future senior employees come from?
The post is really about the pipeline problem in an AI-shaped labor market: automation may reduce entry-level opportunities, but those jobs are traditionally how people gain the experience needed to become seniors later.
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