Fuck AI

Indeed, and with tuning, you pass the threshold and it is cheaper than a junior dev, faster, and better quality.

Lol. My office chair is cheaper and more useful than a junior dev, too.

Pretending junior devs are worth anything other than as an investment toward later having a loyal senior dev who knows our product is the weirdest part of the whole AI farce.

There's this weird myth being shared by managers that 3 junior devs in a trenchcoat is equivalent to one senior dev, or something. It's a little bit like believing that 5 toddlers can do the work of one college student.

It's like saying "we won't let anyone under 25 rent our cars, except if there are at least three children in the car, then it is okay by us."

Developers become expontially more valuable as they gain experience. We invest in them early because some of them cannot be arsed to take a new job every two years, once they are happy and comfortable, and we end up getting an amazing bargain for a few years, once they are senior devs.