When compilers appeared, junior developers didn't have to develop the skill to understand assembly. Worrying about them not learning that skill because using compilers is so convenient would have been a bad move.

Now the juniors are cooked anyway, but not because they didn't learn the skill of software development.

"junior developers didn't have to develop the skill to understand assembly" well that's certainly fair.

At the same time, what I saw during that time was that organizations that actively sought to help juniors transition their skills to match the tools did better than those who just left everyone to wander around in the dark.