World Congress 2026 North America

Who Do We Hire Now?

September 25, 2026 16:10 – 16:40 · 30 min Tech Leaders Stage

World Congress 2026 North America

September 23–25, 2026 · San José, CA

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What this session covers

AI now does much of the work junior hires used to learn on, and hiring plans are changing fast: fewer entry-level roles, new skill profiles, and job descriptions rewritten mid-search. The old pipeline - hire juniors, grow seniors - is breaking, and nobody has agreed on what replaces it. How companies are rethinking who they hire, what they train, and where the next generation of senior engineers comes from.

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