Blackstone CTO says entry-level engineers are more talented — but have fewer opportunities to learn on the job

Blackstone CTO John Stecher said the software engineering landscape looks different than when he graduated in 2001.

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• Blackstone CTO John Stecher said there's been a shift in entry-level software engineering.
• As comp-sci degrees have surged in the last two decades, he said mentorship opportunities have declined overall.
• Blackstone has a "buddy system" to help entry-level workers gain coding experience, he said.

A number of tech leaders have weighed...