The campsite was never the point
Ten years on from taking the name: the Boy Scout Rule scales from a function to a team, because it is about intention rather than size.
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Mentoring
The rung we sawed off
The junior developer pipeline is collapsing, and the cause is not the thing everyone is blaming. Who is left when the greybeards retire.
Why I still write code
The case for a head of engineering staying hands-on, written as a confession rather than a boast, because the compulsion is the problem.
The greybeards' edge was never typing
Agentic AI gives senior engineers a lift and juniors a drag, which tempts firms to automate away the entry level entirely.
