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AI Leadership: Are We Starting from X When We Need Y?

Christopher Smith
Sep 20, 2025
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. I was a junior designer.

Every few weeks, I come across a post or headline claiming that “AI is killing junior coders.” The idea is always the same: because younger workers no longer have to wrestle with problems line by line, they won’t develop the critical thinking or craft that once defined their role. They’…

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