I'm sorry. I was skimming. I had no idea he mentioned his kid.
I was running a quick errand between engineering meetings and saw the first few lines about hiring juniors, and I wrote a couple of comments about how I feel about all of this.
I'm not always guilty of skimming, but today I was.
It's probably over for these folks.
There will likely(?, hopefully?) be new adjacent gradients for people to climb.
In any case, I would worry more about your own job prospects. It's coming for everyone.