@oliverandrich Seniors are not born seniors, they grow form juniors. Maybe there is a world where companies get away with fewer juniors but I don't think that this will be a long term effect. We will build different software, maybe we will indeed build a bit less of it, but for me it's much more of a transition. In 5 years time a lot of software we used to build up to this point will no longer be needed. But something else will replace it, and that will need humans too.

The world where everything is just machines is not very likely. The existence of brands like Hermes, Porsche and others strongly suggests that there will always be a market on the top that is all about craft and prestige. That very market is what sets the direction also further down. It will set an expectations that humans are involved and whatever has no humans will be seen as cheap and without value. That will be the reality for engineering in the future and that will create a new place for juniors in companies.