I don't disagree with needing junior programmers but you have better odds making $145,849 in a year with your own startup than you do being in a competition with 2,220 applicants for ONE job.
Started mine a few years ago and it is turning $2M ARR with NO funding or VCs.
There will always be junior (and senior, for that matter, but this is about juniors) devs wanting to get hired. The industry would be stupid to avoid hiring them.