[jqbd]

> So no need to pay a high level programmer, just a mediocre one and the right AI assistant gives the same results.

I think of it as not needing juniors for boring work, all you need as a company is seniors and AI.

[9dev]

So where do these seniors come from?

[failuser]

That’s beyond the planning horizon.

[Dylan16807]

You could have a much smaller pool of juniors/journeymen that are focused on maximum learning rather than amount of output.

[sterlind]

without juniors, how do you get more seniors?

[spaced-out]

Maybe programmers will adopt a similar model to artists and musicians. Do a lot of work for free/practically nothing hoping that some day you can make it "big" and land a full time role.

[ganzuul]

That is already the recommendation. Pick an open source project and contribute.

[Jeff_Brown]

And most people who consider the job are driven away by the economics of it.

[kyawzazaw]

we already have that with unpaid interns and PhD students