This is the paradox: entry-level jobs are shrinking — but entry points are multiplying. You may not be hired as a “junior developer,” but you might get in as:
AI is reducing the need for rote execution — and increasing the need for interdisciplinary thinkers, people who know enough about tech to contribute meaningfully, and enough about people to make it matter.
So build a body of work. Learn just enough code to hold your own. Stay close to problems worth solving. And most of all — show up where change is happening, not where the gatekeepers are