AI tools do exactly the tasks that used to be given to juniors (simple bugs, boilerplate, testing). The result: companies prefer **one senior with AI** over hiring a junior. With layoffs and the push for efficiency, hiring juniors has become a "luxury." They provide little immediate return and need mentoring. Nowadays, "juniors" often already need to know mid-level stuff: cloud, CI/CD, AI tools, autonomy… What to do now? Leave your opinion in the comments. Source: https://thinkpol.ca/2026/03/24/the-junior-developer-pipeline-is-broken-and-nobody-has-a-plan-to-fix-it/