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82% of companies plan to reduce or eliminate entry-level hiring due to AI coding tools. But the same AI needs human judgment to function โ€” 39% code churn increase in AI-heavy codebases. The pipeline is dying.

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[โ€“] locuester@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago

When I hire, this is actually the preferred experience. College degrees go on the bottom of the pile unless they stand out in another way. College is an indication (for me) that you lack the passion to be self taught.