
The Trades Never Stopped Training Their Juniors. Why Did We?
AI is absorbing the tasks juniors used to learn on, and job-hopping pays less than it did. Training entry-level employees has to be designed on purpose, the way the trades still do it.

AI is absorbing the tasks juniors used to learn on, and job-hopping pays less than it did. Training entry-level employees has to be designed on purpose, the way the trades still do it.

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