"1-year of coding experience" for a startup means someone who got a PhD and interned for 4 years at various companies doing real work, then went to work for Goo

"1-year of coding experience" for a startup means someone who got a PhD and interned for 4 years at various companies doing real work, then went to work for Google for 1 year and decided to leave for a smaller company. Yes, that guy can become a world class practitioner. He was talked down to junior and paid as little as possible because that's what companies do.