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1 senior for 10 juniors is not a sustainable ratio unless the average person is a senior for 10x as long as they were a junior -- meaning, I guess, that in a 30
by ElevenLathe 3y ago
1 senior for 10 juniors is not a sustainable ratio unless the average person is a senior for 10x as long as they were a junior -- meaning, I guess, that in a 30 year career, you are "junior" for three years on average. I understand that this has been "sustainable" in the past because the industry was expanding, but can that continue forever?
- mech422 3y agoI always figured 3-5 years to become a 'senior' (generally 5 but I've had some really sharp juniors too)
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- ElevenLathe 3y agoWow, I've never seen someone three years off the turnip truck called senior. I would say it's usually more like 5-10, basically everyone left after those with management ambitions have flown in that direction. I'm in a relatively sleepy part of the industry though.