A direct message to junior developers and interns: the best time to learn broadly is right now. Stop restricting yourself to one stack. Embrace being wrong, ask stupid questions, fail fast, and grow faster.
A practical guide for junior developers on how to approach tasks in unfamiliar codebases and tech stacks — without freezing up, over-researching, or faking confidence.
Stop tutorial-hopping. The fastest way to grow as a junior developer is to learn while doing real work — solving actual problems, mastering your current tools, ignoring the hype, and shipping quality code.
AI is eliminating the grunt work that trained every senior developer. Without junior roles, we're creating a knowledge transfer crisis that threatens the entire software industry's future.
Entry-level developer roles now demand senior-level skills. AI has eliminated traditional junior work, creating an impossible barrier for newcomers. We explore what changed, why it matters, and how to adapt.