Senior Engineers Are the Next DRAM Shortage
gherlein · hn · 2026-09-19
A blog post argues senior software engineers are becoming the scarce resource of the AI era, just like DRAM in the compute boom: AI amplifies junior output, but engineers who can architect systems, gate quality, and vouch for AI-generated code are more in demand than ever — so companies should keep investing in senior talent rather than assuming AI can fully replace it.
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