AI Makes You Faster.
But Is It Making You Weaker?

A CTO’s Guide to Balancing Short-Term Wins with Long-Term Team Health

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AI boosts senior engineer productivity.

With GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and tools like them, shipping code has never been faster.

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So… why hire juniors?

They take time to train. Seniors are crushing it. Maybe we skip that layer?

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That mindset is a time bomb.

Without junior devs, you lose your bench, your future leads, your culture.

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The future needs this:

  • Juniors with growth paths
  • Seniors as mentors
  • AI as a teaching tool
  • A team that can evolve
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If your team lacks redundancy, observability, and the ability to evolve, you're building technical debt - with humans.
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I'm Joey Guerra

Software Engineer by trade 🐦‍🔥 30 Years in Diverse Industries 🚀🔧 Building Software to help Businesses Scale Operations, Enhance Efficiency, and Ensure Compliance

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