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This is the golden age of the junior programmer, because AI is an amplifier and the people learning quickly get amplified most.

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AI and jobs Whether AI displaces human work, which jobs go first, and what replaces them.

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  1. Kent Beck

    Creator of extreme programming and test-driven development

    Yeah, AI is an amplifier. And if uh if you're young and learning quickly, AI is going to amplify that or can amplify that. So, I I personally think this is this is the golden age of the junior programmer.

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    ↗Martin Fowler & Kent Beck: Frameworks for reinventing software, again and againyoutube.com

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