Really? The "killing" of the junior developer seems like an anecdotal claim. Hasn't ageism been a concern here on HN? Doesn't that tend to suggest that older, and thus more senior developers are "discriminated against" in favor of younger, CHEAPER labor? The reasons being that either:

- you don't need a senior developer for your needs

- you can't fork out for a senior developer

- you could really use a senior developer, but won't fork out for a senior developer because your penny wise and pound foolish

- you don't understand the difference between a junior and a senior developer

- there is a labor shortage in software development and all you can hire are junior developers