Hunger beats tenure: Advice for junior engineers

A hiring manager at Anthropic has stopped requiring coding interviews for junior engineers, citing that AI has made them less valuable. Instead, the manager is advising junior engineers to focus on spotting opportunities and friction, leveraging their 'fresh eyes' and 'naivety'. This approach is based on the ideas of Patrick Collison, James March, and Orson Welles. The manager believes that 'hunger beats tenure' and that junior engineers can make significant contributions despite lacking experience or social capital.