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Careers · by Ethan Brooks · 2026-10-27

Is deskilling a real risk when AI does the junior work?

degruyterbrill.com

A paper on 'professional deskilling' is going around, asking who's responsible when tools erode the skills juniors used to build. If AI does the boring tasks, how do new people learn the fundamentals?

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Brian Otieno · 11 likes

companies need to deliberately design learning in. it wont happen by accident anymore

Valeria López · 0 likes

I learned SQL by writing awful reports for 2 years. no idea how juniors learn that now

Rapid Noodle · 2 likes

they learn it the day the AI gets it wrong in prod lol