Thanks this is insightful, and I dare say you are correct in suggesting we need to be recalibrating what we expect and how we'll evaluate engineers (and engineering leaders).
The problem for juniors I'd imagine is - what will be their route to get the experience to know good from bad. Are companies willing and geared up to do this in the age of predominantly AI-generated code? Will it be up to the biggest companies to carry the industry?
Thanks this is insightful, and I dare say you are correct in suggesting we need to be recalibrating what we expect and how we'll evaluate engineers (and engineering leaders).
The problem for juniors I'd imagine is - what will be their route to get the experience to know good from bad. Are companies willing and geared up to do this in the age of predominantly AI-generated code? Will it be up to the biggest companies to carry the industry?
This is the question that nobody can answer, but are too excited about the hype to care.