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One thing that makes companies focus so much on hiring senior devs is tech stack complexity. Resume-driven development overcomplicates it, and then only senior
by giovannibonetti 3y ago
One thing that makes companies focus so much on hiring senior devs is tech stack complexity. Resume-driven development overcomplicates it, and then only senior devs are able to work with it.
On the other hand, nimble companies that resist the complexity urge and keep the tech simple (KISS principle) will have an easier time working with less experienced devs. I've seen some great examples of profitable bootstrapped companies running their apps on Heroku with a small engineering team. Frameworks like Rails and Elm help a lot as well.
- iainctduncan 3y agoFrameworks like Rails with an inexperienced team are a good way to see paralyzing tech debt five years in. As in, so stuck the company is barely treading water and will die or get sold for pennies on the dollar to a competitor buying their customer base.