"As the newspaper describes it, a prevailing idea among those at either end of the software hiring pipeline is that for every ten programmers, companies now only need two, plus a large language model (LLM). "The AI now can code better than the average junior developer that comes out of the best schools out there," Amr Awadallah, CEO of Palo Alto-based AI startup Vectara, bragged to the paper. "We don't need the junior developers anymore.""
"To cope with the difficulty in finding entry-level jobs, recent graduates from what you'd think of as elite universities are taking jobs with companies they might once have perceived as beneath them, the paper notes. Others are going the long route, either by founding their own startups to compete for a piece of the venture capital pie or by signing on for graduate degrees to bolster their resumes."
Graduates from top universities are encountering major difficulty securing entry-level software engineering positions at prominent tech companies. Employers are significantly reducing junior hiring and increasingly relying on large language models and AI-assisted coding. Some industry leaders claim AI can outperform average junior developers, reducing demand for entry-level roles. Many recent graduates accept less-prestigious jobs, launch startups to pursue venture capital, or enroll in graduate programs to strengthen resumes. Empirical research indicates AI-assisted coding can slow developers, with one study finding a 19 percent productivity decrease when developers used AI tools.
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