maybe they discriminate because you call the designs of other people shoddy. I'm only being half snarky. Large chunks of these threads end up as people bashing

maybe they discriminate because you call the designs of other people shoddy. I'm only being half snarky. Large chunks of these threads end up as people bashing young people for being idiots for various reasons. I do believe that discrimination is an issue, but you also just don't need that many seniors. If you have a couple to make sure designs are reasonable, catch mistakes, and mentor the junior people then that seems pretty sufficient. If you have 5 seniors and a junior you get stuff done, but the junior person quits because they don't see any point in sticking around on a team where they aren't being challenged because someone more senior always gets to do it. Someone else will give them the challenge they want. I'm moving on right now exactly because of this.