What Organizations Get Wrong About Junior Engineers and AI

As AI handles more of the foundational work, entry-level engineering roles are disappearing. Peter Maddison and Dave Sharrock examine why that trend is short-sighted, what junior developers actually contribute to team growth and AI adoption, and how organizations that skip early-career hiring may be trading long-term capability for short-term convenience. **This week's takeaways:** - Labeling the next generation as lazy or unprepared is as old as recorded history. Don't let that bias drive hiring decisions. - Junior engineers accelerate AI adoption on the teams around them, not just in their own output. - The questions a new hire asks in their first few weeks are often the most valuable ones your team will hear all year. Subscribe to Definitely Maybe Agile for weekly conversations on Agile, DevOps, and the messy realities of organizational change. And if this episode resonated, send it to a leader who's thinking about cutting their graduate intake.