https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Careers News feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/AI-disrupts-engineering-progress/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Careers-news <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/08/AI-disrupts-engineering-progress/en/headerimage/header-1786359459457.jpg"/><p>AI is disrupting career progression by eliminating the learning opportunities at each rung while simultaneously enabling people to perform above their experience level, Alasdair Allan explained in his talk Engineering Progression When AI Ate the Middle at QCon London. Fewer junior developers join the industry, and AI slows hiring at the entry level.</p> <i>By Ben Linders</i> Artifacts & Tools learning QCon London 2026 Artificial Intelligence QCon Software Development Conference Software Engineering Careers AI, ML & Data Engineering Culture & Methods news Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:28:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/AI-disrupts-engineering-progress/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Careers-news Ben Linders 2026-08-13T11:28:00Z /news/2026/08/AI-disrupts-engineering-progress/en