Hiring only senior engineers is killing companies (News)

What It Covers

Andrew Churchill interviewed 134 engineers and argues companies miss exceptional junior talent by only hiring seniors, while GitHub addresses NPM security vulnerabilities with new authentication requirements.

Key Questions Answered

• •Junior hiring strategy: Test candidates with home assignments both with and without AI assistance, prioritize growth mindset over experience, then invest in mentoring and measure progress with patience for long-term payoff.
• •Chrome DevTools MCP: AI agents like Cursor and Claude can now autonomously control Chrome browsers to open pages, click buttons, read DOM and CSS, capture performance metrics, and debug issues like human developers.
• •NPM security changes: GitHub mandates local publishing with two-factor authentication, granular tokens limited to seven-day lifetimes, and trusted publishing to combat token abuse and self-replicating malware attacking the NPM supply chain.