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They specifically only hire seniors, they don't want to provide positions for juniors as they would prefer to pay more for more seniors than pay indirectly for
by tybit 9y ago
They specifically only hire seniors, they don't want to provide positions for juniors as they would prefer to pay more for more seniors than pay indirectly for training juniors.
I think this reflects poorly on them, just as much as companies that use OSS but don't contribute anything back.
- jhall1468 9y agoHow does that reflect poorly on them? They are willing to sacrifice potentially great hires because they'd rather make velocity their focal point. It's a trade-off.
- barrkel 9y agoI think it's a refreshing change from the ageism of much of the rest of the industry. It probably gives them a compounding competitive advantage.
- JustSomeNobody 9y agoI guess "experience discrimination" is a thing now? Seriously, if a company only wants to hire experienced folk, then so be it as long as they don't exercise REAL discrimination.
- curun1r 9y agoI personally find it short-sighted since I find mentorship opportunities to be a hugely rewarding part of my job. I wouldn't want to take a job in an environment with no junior developers since it would deprive me of that perk. I'd imagine Netflix misses out on other senior engineers for the same reason. It's also interesting considering a quote I remember from Google about their preference for junior engineers..."fewer bad habits to break."