A LeadDev piece shows junior engineers shipping fast with AI yet unable to explain the system. I think onboarding should end at the first incident handled alone.
https://leaddev.com/leadership/your-junior-engineers-are-getting-faster-but-are-they-getting-better
#EngineeringOnboarding
https://leaddev.com/leadership/your-junior-engineers-are-getting-faster-but-are-they-getting-better
#EngineeringOnboarding
Your junior engineers are getting faster but are they getting better?
AI made junior engineers faster but left them without mental models, so one team rebuilt onboarding to restore understanding without losing speed.
leaddev.com
October 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
A LeadDev piece shows junior engineers shipping fast with AI yet unable to explain the system. I think onboarding should end at the first incident handled alone.
https://leaddev.com/leadership/your-junior-engineers-are-getting-faster-but-are-they-getting-better
#EngineeringOnboarding
https://leaddev.com/leadership/your-junior-engineers-are-getting-faster-but-are-they-getting-better
#EngineeringOnboarding