How AI Is Eroding the First Rung of the Tech Job Ladder
THE SO WHAT
If AI is hollowing out junior tech roles — with 23,000 information-sector jobs shed in August and a sharper drop at the entry level — the long-term risk is a missing generation of mid-level talent. For operators, that means short-term savings but future hiring and succession gaps; start documenting apprenticeship paths now or you’ll be competing for an even thinner pool of experienced engineers later.
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