I agree, but the goal of CEOs is “line go up,” not make our eng team stronger (usually)

It sounds like you’ve got it all figured out. Best of luck to you

Understood, thanks for being honest

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They might become seniors for 99% more investment. Or they crash out as “not a great fit” which happens too. Juniors aren’t just “senior seeds” to be planted

Wasn’t it clear that our comments are in agreement?

I wouldn’t mention this to anyone at work. It makes you sound clueless

Is “way less useful” something you can cite with a source, or is that just feelings?

Even at $100/month you’re comparing to a > $10k/month junior. 1% of the cost for certainly > 1% functionality of a junior.

You can see why companies are tripping over themselves to push this new modality.

Does every junior eventually achieve becoming a senior?

Exactly what you would expect from a junior engineer.

Let them run unsupervised and you have a mess to clean up. Guide them with context and you’ve got a second set of capable hands.

Something something craftsmen don’t blame their tools

Have a source on that claim?

That mask almost fell but he’ll make sure it doesn’t slip again

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Is this an “I turned out fine” opinion, or is this based on something more concrete?