London

June 2–3, 2026

New York

September 15–16, 2026

Berlin

November 9–10, 2026

Rethinking growing engineers in the age of AI

Explore how to grow future senior engineers in an AI-driven world that sidelines traditional junior roles.

Speakers: Meri Williams

June 24, 2025

The AI hype has people believing we no longer need junior engineers, that all that work will be done by AI coding assistants. This begs the question though, how do we grow the next generation of senior (and staff+) engineers if not by apprenticing them through the usual junior —> mid-level —> senior roles? In this talk we’ll look at some possible futures, learn from other industries who’ve been through similar journeys, and together figure out a way forward that doesn’t kneecap the industry.