Claude Opus 5 may be coming for junior analysts before it comes for coders. Anthropic calls it the newest flagship model, built to handle research, summaries, and recommendations from messy requests. The analyst may not disappear—but the analyst ladder could shrink, leaving fewer entry-level seats. Is Opus 5 replacing analysts or eliminating the path into the profession? Pick a side in the comments—silence is how corporate AI-washing wins.
