# Earning taste and judgment

DevFeed: [Earning taste and judgment](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/earning-taste-and-judgment-28496.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://addyosmani.com/blog/earning-judgment/>)

Author: Addy Osmani

Published: 2026-07-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Addy Osmani](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/addy-osmani.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [junior](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/junior.md>), [junior-developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/junior-developer.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [race-condition](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/race-condition.md>)

## AI overview

An opinionated analysis argues that AI coding agents automate the repetitive work through which junior developers traditionally developed taste and judgment, weakening the path from entry-level to senior roles. It discusses labor-market evidence and suggests that choosing what to build and evaluating its quality are increasingly durable skills.

## Source excerpt

Taste used to be a byproduct of the reps. Agents took the reps. So if you're junior you now have to go get the taste and judgment on purpose. A builder's look at the weakening entry level, the two debts we now owe, and concrete ways to build judgment when the machine writes the code.