In a mature market, the two extremes eventually balance out: * Companies that hire only cheap starry-eyed love-my-latest-fad youngster crash and burn due to po

In a mature market, the two extremes eventually balance out: * Companies that hire only cheap starry-eyed love-my-latest-fad youngster crash and burn due to poor execution and short-sighted design choices. * Companies that hire only experienced devs move along a less erratic path but burn way more on payroll. You could argue the market is not mature though. Lots of turmoil all around, lots of "dumb money". In that atmosphere, "fund it & flip it & long-term be damned!" definitely favours the cheap and fast. Horror stories of shitty systems and general lack of accountability ensue… The price we pay for living in exciting times. And senior devs better be mindful of "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent" (or alive).