About whether AI is already replacing junior developers, in the context of an AI bubble.
Has this happened?
Yes 77 (58%)Not sure 26 (20%)No 29 (22%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether AI is already replacing junior developers, in the context of an AI bubble.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Not in my experience. LLMs are nowhere near replacing a junior dev. Maybe you can have a junior dev fix their bug ridden garbage responses but that's not replacing them.
It's possible this may be true in some domains now, but not in any I work in