this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2025
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Junior Devs could never code, yes including us
Agreed. A few year back the devs looking for quick fixes would go over to StackOverflow and just copy answers without reading explanations. This caused the same type of problems that OP is talking about. That said, the ease of AI might be making things even worse.
Hell, I would copy the question sometimes :P
Agreed. I was hired for my first job due to an impressive demo, and making that demo became my job. I got there, but I produced a ton of tech debt in the process.
Oddly enough, on my first development project I was paired with a "senior dev" who turned out just to be a guy in his 60s who had never actually coded before, so... just a senior.
I ended up doing 100% of the coding, but the guy managed to keep his job for a few months.