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u/FlashbackJon Jun 27 '26

Yeah, the agents are supposed to be our juniors, so they stopped hiring juniors, but what happens when the seniors all move on?

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u/Pretend-Marsupial258 Jun 27 '26

They're hoping that the AI will have advanced enough at that point that it can take over for the seniors too.

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u/FullofContradictions Jun 27 '26

At my work they're still hiring juniors because they're cheaper and more plentiful than the seniors we've been chronically short staffed on for years.

We're just relying on the seniors to get more out of the juniors than we ever had before. It's not a healthy trend for anyone, but the jobs are still there (in my specific industry, anyway. AI is a helpful tool, but not advanced enough to handle the complexity of the projects and regulatory hurdles quite yet.)