AI makes junior developers faster — but does it make them better engineers?
aisatsana__ · reddit · 2026-09-04
A Shiftmag article examines AI coding tools' real impact on junior developers: the tools clearly boost their output speed, but whether "faster" translates into "better engineers" is questionable. The core tension: as AI absorbs foundational, repetitive work, juniors lose the traditional path of building engineering judgment through that work, potentially reshaping their growth curve.
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