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I'd disagree with you in this part: >Another point missing is that sometimes there are very hard problems (eg. self-driving cars, fusion power, DNA pattern mat

I'd disagree with you in this part: >Another point missing is that sometimes there are very hard problems (eg. self-driving cars, fusion power, DNA pattern matching) that need solving quickly If you have let's say 5 senior devs and 1 junior. Then the problem still can get solved quickly while the junior will learn a lot. Obviously, hiring 1 senior and 5 juniors would be a mistake.

soheil 9y ago
>If you have let's say 5 senior devs and 1 junior. Then the problem still can get solved quickly while the junior will learn a lot. Obviously, hiring 1 senior and 5 juniors would be a mistake. Perhaps that is true, what I was saying is a matter of degrees not absolutes. Let me rephrase for you: to the extend that a company is working on hard problems they should minimize the ratio of junior to senior devs.