If You're a Junior Developer, Start Learning AI Tools Now

Lately I've been seeing more and more job postings looking for AI developers or developers who at least understand how to work with AI tools. If you're just starting out in your development career, this is something worth paying attention to. The market is clearly moving in this direction. One thing I usually recommend to juniors is simple: Start experimenting with AI developer tools early. You don't need to master everything. Just get hands-on experience. Tools I Recommend Trying Two tools I recommend trying first are: Cursor Claude Code For example, with the $20 Cursor Pro plan , you actually get quite a lot. This month I implemented: A couple of features using Opus / Sonnet 4.6 One feature using Composer 1.5 , including both planning and implementation And I still have tokens left. Actually quite a lot if I mainly use Composer 1.5 . So from a learning perspective, it's a pretty good deal. Why Composer Is Actually Great for Learning Composer might not be the coolest model out there r