But inexperienced coders will start to use LLMs a lot earlier than the experienced ones do now.
And unlike you that can pick out a bad method or approach just by looking at the LLM output where you correct it, the inexperienced coder will send the bad code right into git if they can get it to pass a unit test.
I get your point, but I guess the learning patterns for junior devs will just be totally different while the industry stays open for talent.
I have no idea what the learning path is going to look like for them. Besides personal hobby projects to get experience, I don't know who will give them a job when what they produce from their first efforts will be the "bad coder" output that gets replaced by an LLM and a senior dev.
At least I hope it will and it will not only downsize to 50% of the human workforce.
I've thought about this many times, and I'm just not seeing a path for juniors. Given this new perspective, I'm interested to hear if you can envision something different than I can. I'm honestly looking for alternate views here, I've got nothing.