There seems to be a lot of elitism. Most coding is nothing special or particularly hard. Within a short period of time most people could get up to speed to fill

There seems to be a lot of elitism. Most coding is nothing special or particularly hard. Within a short period of time most people could get up to speed to fill a lot of the roles. You don't even need a college degree of any kind. Senior level is different but that takes at least ten years in my opinion. And senior requires a lot of mentoring of juniors. Again this is only my opinion, if you aren't actively mentoring. You are a mid