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Re:AWS CEO says replacing junior devs with AI is 'one of the... by doctaj on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @08:51PM (#46308063)
There’s also the benefit of being naive - like, juniors can be seriously audacious when they haven’t been burned a million times. I miss having excitement and optimism.
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Re:AWS CEO says replacing junior devs with AI is 'one of the... by aut0m8d on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @08:54PM (#46308092)
This is huge and quite underrated I think. There are some angles that are really hard to see through a weathered lens.
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Re:AWS CEO says replacing junior devs with AI is 'one of the... by marcus_holmes on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @09:30PM (#46308316)
the flip side of this is having juniors create some wildly unrealistic expectations in other business units if we're not careful ;)
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Re:AWS CEO says replacing junior devs with AI is 'one of the... by laz on Thursday December 18, 2025 @06:53AM (#46311575)
The Facebook "little red book" had a quote in it along these lines:

When you don't realize what you can't do, you can do some pretty cool stuff

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