For better, or worse, many tech companies, these days, seem to be obsessed with hiring large armies of inexperienced developers. I suspect that has been true i

For better, or worse, many tech companies, these days, seem to be obsessed with hiring large armies of inexperienced developers. I suspect that has been true in many tech companies over the past few years but will be much less true in those same companies over the next few years. A culture where everyone with <10 YOE is job hopping every 18 months for a big compensation boost does not encourage either investment in training up those people by a company or development of deeper skills and experience by an individual. If the recent trends in the tech employment market carry on this year I expect we'll see a lot more incentives for good people to stay with good employers for longer and a lot less willingness by employers to pay silly money for those with little experience and limited skills. Just like previous market swings we'll probably see less emphasis on hiring and more on stability and longevity of good working relationships.