Value of a junior engineer?

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What do you guys think the value of a junior engineer comes from now that AI can do all the boilerplate code and write basic tests? Would love any insight on this as a recent graduate!

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2026-09-01 17:15 · DEV Community — AI
Value of a junior engineer?

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