Tag: mentoring

Today, I Wouldn't Hire My Younger Self

I put my younger self through a 2026 hiring process. I failed the screening. What started as a joke exercise revealed something worse: the filter that used to let the right people into this profession is gone, and nothing has replaced it.

You Can't Take the Career Path I Took. It No Longer Exists.

The Four Phases of Mentoring Juniors With AI

If AI can't replace what juniors used to learn from, what do we actually do? A four-phase framework for onboarding juniors when AI is in the stack — no skipping, no shortcuts. Part 3 of a series on mentoring juniors in the AI era.

What AI Won't Teach a Junior

AI will teach a junior almost everything mechanical. But there are skills you used to get for free, just by writing the boilerplate. That free ride is over. Part 2 of a series on mentoring juniors when execution is cheap and decisions are everything.

The Junior Paradox in the AI Era

AI eliminated the tasks juniors used to learn on. The role didn't go away — but the runway did. Part 1 of a series on mentoring juniors when execution is cheap and decisions are everything.