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This is one of the many stark differences I found in moving from London to the Bay Area. In London and the UK in general no one wants to hire junior devs, the f
by mrwh 4y ago
This is one of the many stark differences I found in moving from London to the Bay Area. In London and the UK in general no one wants to hire junior devs, the first job is very hard to get. The attitude is: I don't want to pay to train someone up who'll then probably leave. I come to the Bay Area, and FAANG in particular, and it seems like most hires are junior devs, and in fact the whole hiring process (undergrad-algorithm based) is geared towards it. I don't think it's hyperbolic to say that this difference in attitude explains a decent amount of the UK's dire productivity growth this century versus its peers.
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoA curious old-school mentality. I'm baffled that London hasn't figured out junior devs can be fooled into throwing themselves into a project, working insane hours while taking low pay. It's the backbone of Silicon Valley. In fact, a non-junior dev (not senior but anyway) could be defined as somebody who has figured this out.
- mrwh 4y agoI agree! And in fairness I left ten years ago so... maybe it's no longer true? Interested if anyone has a more recent perspective...