Steve Yegge, Sourcegraph, ETLS Vegas (00)
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Argues that generative AI measurably amplifies senior engineers’ impact while reducing onramps for juniors, supported by hands‑on work building the Cody coding assistant at Sourcegraph and by visits to many company codebases; claims this unequal boost creates real career shifts and skill gaps and inspired a widely read post titled the death of the junior developer. Presents concrete observations about workflows changed, hiring and mentoring friction increased, and tooling that did and did not actually help.
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