If I were a junior engineer entering the workforce now, I’d be a bit confused about where my career is going. There’s a conversation happening around what foundational skills junior engineers need to learn when they have AI coding tools at their disposal. There’s also a question over whether an over-reliance on AI will lead to juniors losing touch with the fundamentals of engineering.
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