--- title: The Junior Developer Extinction: We’re All Building the... description: Discussion about "The Junior Developer Extinction: We’re All Building the Next Programming Dark Age" on daily.dev - join the developer community canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gvo6o4wgv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Junior Developer Extinction: We’re All Building the Next Programming Dark Age | daily.dev og:description: Discussion about "The Junior Developer Extinction: We’re All Building the Next Programming Dark Age" on daily.dev - join the developer community og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gvo6o4wgv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GVO6o4Wgv.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Junior Developer Extinction: We’re All Building the Next Programming Dark Age **[Zero To Mastery](https://daily.dev/sources/zerotomastery)** · [@aldopaganijr](https://daily.dev/aldopaganijr) · 431 upvotes · 53 comments ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@daniel8000** · 52 upvotes > Some say that market is rational. But the facts are completly opposite: Market shoots its own foot, gets rid of professionals, and throws tons of money into AI companies that will not give anything in return except big smile. > > It this rational? Its emotions. Emotions of people in power, feeling they loose their power. They are in panic. **@hunordori** · 14 upvotes > Does this mean, if we take it slower and analyze the AI generated results we can still learn from it? > > Personally I would feel uncomfortable handing something to someone without fully understanding it. **@codebyann** · 6 upvotes > wow > > 👏 "The difference is profound. In the old model, ignorance was temporary and uncomfortable — like wearing someone else’s poorly-fitted clothes to a job interview. In the new model, ignorance is permanent and comfortable — like wearing a perfectly tailored jacket that you don’t realize is made entirely of tissue paper and optimistic thinking." **@dev\_rahul** · 3 upvotes > Pretty fantastic article. > It's the responsibility of the senior dev to properly migrate the AI usage to their team. > > Using AI is not the problem, just not understanding the output is. Use AI as a helping hand, like an all-knowing teacher we used to have in school. > > Learn from it first, and after understanding the solution, apply it to the problem rather than copying the solution provided and relying completely on it. It might give you a correct response in most instances, but it might give you one bad response that could criple your whole system. Use it with caution and understanding. So you... **@quello** · 1 upvotes > where summary? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/gvo6o4wgv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/gvo6o4wgv","headline":"The Junior Developer Extinction: We’re All Building the Next Programming Dark Age","text":"Shared: The Junior Developer Extinction: We’re All Building the Next Programming Dark Age","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gvo6o4wgv","datePublished":"2025-06-27T14:27:23.768Z","dateModified":"2025-06-27T14:27:23.756Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Aldo Pagani Jr.","url":"https://daily.dev/aldopaganijr","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocK1atgNHO1tmBQCnztPCdi0XnnEo-5MIRZqm99FCh05I2gPL_vt=s96-c","description":"Helping people start careers in tech.","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":9810}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":431},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":53}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/JggrC3WjU"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Some say that market is rational. But the facts are completly opposite: Market shoots its own foot, gets rid of professionals, and throws tons of money into AI companies that will not give anything in return except big smile.\nIt this rational? Its emotions. Emotions of people in power, feeling they loose their power. They are in panic.","datePublished":"2025-07-04T12:55:04.687Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/GVO6o4Wgv#c-NsAvZPklR","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel","url":"https://daily.dev/daniel8000","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--F_RltCZK--/f_auto/v1738746891/avatars/avatar_SOwG1kJqf6HK6TkGmZH45"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":52}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Does this mean, if we take it slower and analyze the AI generated results we can still learn from it?\nPersonally I would feel uncomfortable handing something to someone without fully understanding it.","datePublished":"2025-07-08T20:44:17.220Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/GVO6o4Wgv#c-rfSsYrpr1","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Hunor Dóri","url":"https://daily.dev/hunordori","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ej_ecZnp--/f_auto/v1766332232/avatars/avatar_WGxMVU157d1bEq6RnCTIe?_a=BAMAK+ZW0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":14}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"wow\n👏 “The difference is profound. In the old model, ignorance was temporary and uncomfortable — like wearing someone else’s poorly-fitted clothes to a job interview. In the new model, ignorance is permanent and comfortable — like wearing a perfectly tailored jacket that you don’t realize is made entirely of tissue paper and optimistic thinking.”","datePublished":"2025-07-07T15:07:09.963Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/GVO6o4Wgv#c-JXM7azuLI","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"ann.12.x__","url":"https://daily.dev/codebyann","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--wBR4Dsim--/f_auto/v1751899036/avatars/avatar_QzJ9n0ZRpcmhcRcyItBHF?_a=BAMClqZW0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Pretty fantastic article.\nIt’s the responsibility of the senior dev to properly migrate the AI usage to their team.\nUsing AI is not the problem, just not understanding the output is. Use AI as a helping hand, like an all-knowing teacher we used to have in school.\nLearn from it first, and after understanding the solution, apply it to the problem rather than copying the solution provided and relying completely on it. It might give you a correct response in most instances, but it might give you one bad response that could criple your whole system. Use it with caution and understanding. So you know what you are getting yourself into.\nAny good engineer is not the one who knows and understands a lot of languages and has provided a lot of output, but the one who knows how to debug a system and understands how things work. If you know how to debug and understand the system behind something, how it is built and how it works, you can pretty much learn any language and work in any tool without breaking a sweat.\nUse AI to become a good engineer, not another AI agent who just provides what is already available.","datePublished":"2025-07-09T07:51:18.071Z","dateModified":"2025-07-09T08:01:21.354Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/GVO6o4Wgv#c-ygfBe5Mco","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Rahul Kumar","url":"https://daily.dev/dev_rahul","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocKhakDzIjQmS2o-1cs9XYaS6wFxaYV7Bjwk4xNfILDCzsyAXntBOQ=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"where summary?","datePublished":"2025-07-16T09:24:20.562Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/GVO6o4Wgv#c-GBZBLZ0Ac","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Quello","url":"https://daily.dev/quello","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/zerotomastery","name":"Zero To Mastery"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Zero To Mastery","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/zerotomastery"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Junior Developer Extinction: We’re All Building the Next Programming Dark Age"}]} ```