2025-09-30
6 分钟What up, nerds?
I'm Jared and this is Changedog News for the week of Monday, September 29th, 2025.
It's official, robots are invading Major League Baseball.
Starting with the 2026 season,
MLB will implement a challenge system for balls and strikes to quote usher in the era of robot umpiring.
Human umpires aren't going anywhere anytime soon, but the rioting is on the wall.
This makes me sad.
Sure, robots will make a higher percentage of correct calls,
but they'll also be able to throw harder, hit further, and run faster someday.
And that doesn't mean I want to watch them compete.
Oh well, let's get into this week's news.
Hiring only senior engineers is killing companies.
In the last three months, Andrew Churchill interviewed 134 engineers.
His main takeaway?
There is a huge pool of exceptional junior engineers that most companies won't even consider.
In this post, Andrew outlines why he loves working with juniors.
Fresh energy, unshackled by prior experience, loyalty, and more.
How to hire the right juniors, fill it for mindset, home assignments,
test with and without AI, etc. And how to make it work after the hire.
Invest in mentoring, be patient, measure right, etc. His call to action,