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You've got this completely backwards. A Jr with an LLM is a recipe for disaster. They don't know the tech, and have no clue what the LLM is spitting back. They copy code into the abyss.

Meanwhile, a sr with an LLM is a straight up superpower!



Here's a recent study showing junior devs seeing far higher gains from LLMs than seniors: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4945566




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