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</style></head><body><div><a href="https://firstrubyfriend.org/">https://firstrubyfriend.org/</a> from Andy Croll is a great place to find a mentor or to become one.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Thu, Feb 12, 2026, at 1:43 PM, David Smith via Chat wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><div class="qt-WordSection1"><p class="qt-MsoNormal">Hi LRUG,</p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"> </p><p class="qt-MsoNormal">Great to speak to lots of people after my presentation about Junior Developers not being able to find jobs. If you’re interested in mentoring someone feel free to email me and I can set you up.</p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"> </p><p class="qt-MsoNormal">And if you’re interested in reading what some people are saying which counters the “we don’t need juniors anymore” narrative here’s some articles I found interesting and were in my presentation:</p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"> </p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><a href="https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/the-bet-on-juniors-just-got-better">https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/the-bet-on-juniors-just-got-better</a></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><a href="https://thoughtfuleng.substack.com/p/junior-developers-in-the-age-of-ai">https://thoughtfuleng.substack.com/p/junior-developers-in-the-age-of-ai</a></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><a href="https://workweave.dev/blog/hiring-only-senior-engineers-is-killing-companies">https://workweave.dev/blog/hiring-only-senior-engineers-is-killing-companies</a></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"> </p><p class="qt-MsoNormal">Food for thought <span class="font" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;"> 😊</span></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"> </p><p class="qt-MsoNormal">Thanks,</p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"> </p><p class="qt-MsoNormal">David Smith</p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"> </p></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>Chat mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:Chat@lists.lrug.org">Chat@lists.lrug.org</a></div><div>Archives: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org</a></div><div>Manage your subscription: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a></div><div>List info: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>