Debugging Is a Lost Art. Juniors Never Had It. Seniors Traded It. AI Faked It. Cool Story.

How AI quietly broke two things on our. NET team at the same time. In opposite directions. And nobody noticed. TL;DR Juniors ship fast and cannot debug anything. Seniors are slower to debug than they used to be. The AI writes immaculate code with the error handling of a sleep-deprived intern. And everyone is too busy to care until 2am. 2013 vs 2026 In 2013, joining a. NET team meant one thing. You got stuck. You stayed stuck. You Googled the same NullReferenceException four times. You finally understood it. You never forgot. In 2026, joining a. NET team means opening a chat window.