High Risk Transforming

Junior Developer / Coding Intern

Junior developers write code, fix bugs, implement features, and learn from senior engineers in software development teams.

$65,000
Median Salary
350,000
Total Employed
3
Career Transitions
AI Risk Score
0 %
High Risk

Competition Forecast

Millions will compete for the same safe roles. Act now for a head start.

200K+ junior roles eliminated as AI augments seniors

Workers Leaving This Role

Top Target Role

AI-Augmented Senior Developer / AI Engineer

Expected Competition

Extreme - junior pipeline collapsing

Your Head Start

Critical - differentiate with AI expertise or unique skills

200K+ junior roles eliminated as AI augments seniors workers will flood the job market competing for the same transition paths.

Estimates based on labor market research from BLS, McKinsey, and World Economic Forum. Actual outcomes may vary.

Urgency Indicators

AI Capability Today 8/10

How well can AI perform this job today (1-10)

Job Posting Trend -25% for entry-level roles since 2023

Change in job postings over recent years

Automation Timeline Already happening

Estimated time until significant automation

GitHub Copilot writes 40% of code at companies like Microsoft Devin AI completes entire Upwork contracts autonomously Replit Ghostwriter builds full-stack apps from descriptions

Why This Job Is At Risk

GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude write production-quality code from natural language descriptions

AI generates unit tests, documentation, and code reviews automatically

Cursor, Replit AI, and v0 build entire features from prompts in minutes

Senior developers with AI tools produce 10x output, eliminating need for junior coders

Career Transitions

Safe career paths based on your existing skills

AI/ML Engineer

15%
Salary Change +85%
Skill Overlap 60%
Time to Transition 12-18 months

Skills to Learn

PythonMachine LearningPyTorch/TensorFlowPrompt Engineering

DevOps Engineer

25%
Salary Change +65%
Skill Overlap 65%
Time to Transition 6-12 months

Skills to Learn

CI/CDCloud PlatformsKubernetesInfrastructure as Code

Product Manager (Technical)

20%
Salary Change +70%
Skill Overlap 50%
Time to Transition 12-24 months

Skills to Learn

Product StrategyUser ResearchRoadmappingStakeholder Management

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