The implosion in junior quality exacerbates this.

The cohort that started during COVID were first knee-capped by remote classes and exams, and then they lobotomized themselves with ChatGPT.

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hamzac98 34 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I have no sympathy for those that relied on ChatGPT to get through their entire education

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bpavuk an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I consider myself a high-quality junior, rivaling my senior industry peers on flexibility, systems thinking, low-level engineering, and understanding of user experience. yet all I found this year was a place I got fired from 2 weeks after getting hired. the reason? I called Claude Code "a decent search engine" on a meeting. perhaps I would have been fired anyway because the heatwave was building in Ukraine and I had absolutely nothing but a basement (where I can't move my desktop to) to cool off.

	▲	theredsix 44 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		If you're getting fired in 2 weeks, it's likely not because of a single comment.
	▲	harvey9 18 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Some percentage of engineering is actually people and politics. The more power (or alternative options) you have, the more you can speak your mind. But if you need the job then argue your case just to the boss, discreetly.