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Prob more senior engineers again.

• sunstone 6y ago
  It's a business decision. With the economy tanking they'll be able to hire better grads and a recent grads than they normally could, work them like dogs for twenty five years and then wait for a convenient recession for a big layoff. This has been going on since the '80's at least. Rinse and repeat.
  • trekrich 6y ago
    true, does not make it right though.
  • halfastack 6y ago
    How does that make sense? Can the "grad" do good enough job compared to a senior? I've seen my fair share of "senior" developers, who had insanely high salaries for some strange reason yet their output was mediocre at best. Laying off these people I can understand. That said, management is notoriously bad at spotting these people. Chances are they lay off the only person who knows how some crucial piece of SW works...