> I feel bad for people starting out, but senior / intermediate devs are just such a better deal. You pay double and you get about four or five times the work.

> I feel bad for people starting out, but senior / intermediate devs are just such a better deal. You pay double and you get about four or five times the work. That's a reason to feel bad for the senior devs :-). The people starting out will get the job because they look cheap to managers/shops that want to throw mythical man months at a problem, so they get a foot in that way.