World Congress 2026 North America

Who Do We Hire Now?

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

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.

World Congress 2026 North America

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