Are you still hiring junior/intern developers, or does AI just do it better now?

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Used to be an obvious call, hire a junior dev, let them grow into it over time, review their code, build them up.

Now with AI handling a lot of basic implementation well, curious if that math still holds.

Is anyone still bringing on interns or junior developers for entry level coding work, or has AI quietly replaced that hiring category for a lot of teams already.

Genuinely trying to understand if this is still a real starting point for someone entering the field, or if that entry point has basically disappeared.

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If you see juniors as just cheap code output, AI probably does replace them. If you see them as future seniors who learn your systems, it doesn't.