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AWS CEO Matt Garman: The idea that AI will replace junior developers is “the dumbest thing I have ever heard.”

Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-05-28

AWS CEO Matt Garman publicly rejects the narrative that AI will replace junior developers, calling the idea "the dumbest thing I have ever heard."

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Topics: ai-employmentdeveloper-toolsai-labor-impactsoftware-engineering

Claims

  • AWS CEO Matt Garman believes AI will not replace junior software developers.
  • Garman considers the narrative of AI replacing entry-level developers fundamentally misguided.

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The idea that AI will replace junior developers is 'the dumbest thing I have ever heard.'