Are Junior Dev Jobs Dead? What Actually Happened in 2025

End-of-lesson check

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1. Which best describes the focus of the material titled "Are Junior Dev Jobs Dead? What Actually Happened in 2025"?

   1. Are Junior Dev Jobs Dead? What Actually Happened in 2025
   2. An overview of medieval guild apprenticeship practices
   3. A primer on filing personal income taxes by hand
   4. A recap of late-night television history in the 1990s

2. Which one-line summary best captures the main point of this material?

   1. It argues that AI has had no meaningful effect on this field in 2026.
   2. It is a step-by-step legal contract template for freelance work.
   3. It is a personal travel diary about visiting trade conferences.
   4. Cursor, Copilot, and Devin shrunk junior hiring 30%. The path in changed — but it's not closed.

3. Which of these is mentioned as a real example or claim in the material on "Are Junior Dev Jobs Dead? What Actually Happened in 2025"?

   1. Google's CEO said in 2024 that 25%+ of new code at Google is AI-generated; junior offers fell, but 'AI-fluent new grad' offers stayed strong.
   2. Y Combinator's W25 batch had 25%+ founders under 22 — many used Cursor + Lovable to build the demo before they ever raised.
   3. Replit's CEO said the new portfolio is 'a working URL someone uses' — not a GitHub with five tutorial projects.
   4. Companies like Mercor literally hire teens who have shipped public products without a degree — pay starts at $50-100/hr.

4. What does the callout titled "The rule" emphasize?

   1. That the topic is purely historical and no longer practical today.
   2. Build and SHIP three small things people actually use this year — that's the new resume, and AI tools mean you can do it on weekends.
   3. That readers must hold a graduate degree before applying any of these ideas.
   4. That the entire field has been outlawed by international treaty.

5. What does the callout titled "You did it!" emphasize?

   1. That the topic is purely historical and no longer practical today.
   2. You just out-shipped most CS undergrads.
   3. That readers must hold a graduate degree before applying any of these ideas.
   4. That the entire field has been outlawed by international treaty.

6. "junior developer" appears as a key term tied to this material. Which statement is most consistent with how it shows up here?

   1. It is presented as a deprecated idea no longer relevant after 2024.
   2. It is described as illegal to discuss in professional settings.
   3. It is one of the named concepts a learner should walk away understanding from material on "Are Junior Dev Jobs Dead? What Actually Happened in 2025".
   4. It is given as an unrelated topic that the material recommends ignoring.

7. "Copilot" appears as a key term tied to this material. Which statement is most consistent with how it shows up here?

   1. It is presented as a deprecated idea no longer relevant after 2024.
   2. It is one of the named concepts a learner should walk away understanding from material on "Are Junior Dev Jobs Dead? What Actually Happened in 2025".
   3. It is described as illegal to discuss in professional settings.
   4. It is given as an unrelated topic that the material recommends ignoring.

8. "shipping" appears as a key term tied to this material. Which statement is most consistent with how it shows up here?

   1. It is presented as a deprecated idea no longer relevant after 2024.
   2. It is described as illegal to discuss in professional settings.
   3. It is one of the named concepts a learner should walk away understanding from material on "Are Junior Dev Jobs Dead? What Actually Happened in 2025".
   4. It is given as an unrelated topic that the material recommends ignoring.

9. "portfolio" appears as a key term tied to this material. Which statement is most consistent with how it shows up here?

   1. It is one of the named concepts a learner should walk away understanding from material on "Are Junior Dev Jobs Dead? What Actually Happened in 2025".
   2. It is presented as a deprecated idea no longer relevant after 2024.
   3. It is described as illegal to discuss in professional settings.
   4. It is given as an unrelated topic that the material recommends ignoring.

10. Which option most accurately paraphrases this passage from the material: "Big tech junior hiring dropped roughly 30% from 2022 to 2025, partly because AI coding tools made each senior 2-3x more productive."?

    1. Big tech junior hiring dropped roughly 30% from 2022 to 2025, partly because AI coding tools made each senior 2-3x more productive.
    2. AI plays no role in this field and is unlikely to in the future.
    3. Human practitioners have already been replaced by autonomous systems.
    4. All examples mentioned require government certification before use.

11. Which option most accurately paraphrases this passage from the material: "This weekend, build one thing that solves your own problem (homework reminder, quote tracker, parent-text-generator) and put it online with Vercel or Replit."?

    1. AI plays no role in this field and is unlikely to in the future.
    2. Human practitioners have already been replaced by autonomous systems.
    3. This weekend, build one thing that solves your own problem (homework reminder, quote tracker, parent-text-generator) and put it online with Vercel or Replit.
    4. All examples mentioned require government certification before use.

12. "Build" appears in the material on "Are Junior Dev Jobs Dead? What Actually Happened in 2025". Which best reflects how it shows up?

    1. It is described as a fictional product invented for the exercise.
    2. It is mentioned only to warn readers never to research it.
    3. It is presented as a competitor that has already shut down.
    4. It is named in the material as a real example tied to the topic.

13. Considering everything covered, what is a fair takeaway for a reader of "Are Junior Dev Jobs Dead? What Actually Happened in 2025" (item 13)?

    1. The material has no examples and offers no advice.
    2. There are concrete, current examples worth knowing.
    3. The material recommends ignoring AI tools entirely.
    4. The material is purely fiction and not based on real products.

14. Considering everything covered, what is a fair takeaway for a reader of "Are Junior Dev Jobs Dead? What Actually Happened in 2025" (item 14)?

    1. There are concrete, current examples worth knowing.
    2. The material has no examples and offers no advice.
    3. The material recommends ignoring AI tools entirely.
    4. The material is purely fiction and not based on real products.

15. Considering everything covered, what is a fair takeaway for a reader of "Are Junior Dev Jobs Dead? What Actually Happened in 2025" (item 15)?

    1. The material has no examples and offers no advice.
    2. The material recommends ignoring AI tools entirely.
    3. The material is purely fiction and not based on real products.
    4. There are concrete, current examples worth knowing.