Blaming the Tool

A friend told me about someone at their company who got caught using ChatGPT to answer client questions during a live meeting - copying the questions in, reading the responses back, right there in front of the client. They'd been in the role long enough that nobody had been checking their work too closely.

The Junior Problem Isnt Just a Tech Problem

A few weeks ago I wrote about what happens when companies stop hiring junior engineers and replace them with AI. The argument was straightforward: if you don't hire juniors today, you don't have seniors in five years.

What Happens When You Stop Hiring Junior Engineers

One of my kids has recently graduated with a CS degree. He's been applying for entry-level software engineering positions for months now, and the responses - when there are responses - have not been encouraging.