Devin does ask for help when it can't do something. I think I have it asked me how to use a testing suite it had trouble running.
The problem is it really really hate asking for help if it had a skill issue, it would prefer running in circles than admitting it just can't do something.
Maybe. It's pretty weird and I'm still thinking about it.
You can't throw junior engineers working on an issue under the bus when they clearly can't do that. Or at least it takes some effort. In return you may coach them and hope they eventually improves.
Devin does look like junior engineers, but I've learned to just click "Terminate Session" immediately after I spotted that it was doing something hopeless. I've managed to get some real work done out of it, without much effort on my side (just check what it's doing every 10~15 minutes and type a few lines or restart session).
So they perfectly nailed the junior engineer. It’s just that that isn’t what people are looking for.