[SpicyLemonZest]

I've already seen an instance of a junior developer being completely unable to fix vibe coded technical debt, even with guidance, because AI analysis is fundamental to how they understand code and they're unable to comprehend what's happening when the AI analysis is not right.

[andrekandre]

i see this every day in the field with new juniors... they cant fix anything that would be a 1 line change if they could actually read the code but instead spend hours churning the ai to get the answer... if thats all they could do i'd never hire someone like that personally but companies with lots of margins seem to be able to absorb this for now... idk

[otabdeveloper4]

Yes, not using AI will be a big competitive advantage for junior programmers.