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I'm wondering if there has been an increasingly inflationary use of the term "Senior" in job postings over the past few years. This data somewhat confirms my su

I'm wondering if there has been an increasingly inflationary use of the term "Senior" in job postings over the past few years. This data somewhat confirms my suspicion. Anyone else has this impression?

paulddraper 3y ago
Or an influx of low-quality entry level candidates, causing companies to bias towards senior hires. Or the maturing of the industry in general, causing senior workers to be more common.
MattGaiser 3y ago
Some of it seems to be that any job that is junior/intermediate gets swamped with anyone who has done a bootcamp or Coursera certificate. Friend posted an intermediate job. Went though 20 resumes and then decided to scrap the whole process as none of them were any good.
emestifs 3y ago
Hiring is fundamentally broken at the vast majority of companies. Maybe the "senior" label is just to try and deter low quality candidates or maybe it's because they don't want to invest in any employee anymore for right or wrong reasons - employees leaving after a few years or maybe the company/management are focused on excel spreadsheets only. Anyway, try applying to a job today or even pre-pandemic. Unless you went to a top school, are in the right geographic region (West Coast US, or NY area), or you have strong network connections, you're going to be going through a ridiculous number of job applications, then a non-nonsensical number of interview rounds, and maybe you'll get an offer. Alternatively you spend 3-6 or more months studying leetcode and planet-scale system design, because random startups, banks, insurance companies also wants people who are only the of the best and pay "competitive salary". The number of places that rejected me for trivial reasons is insane. I can only imagine what people entering the industry right now have to face, it can't be any better than it was.

paulddraper 3y ago

Or an influx of low-quality entry level candidates, causing companies to bias towards senior hires. Or the maturing of the industry in general, causing senior workers to be more common.

MattGaiser 3y ago

Some of it seems to be that any job that is junior/intermediate gets swamped with anyone who has done a bootcamp or Coursera certificate. Friend posted an intermediate job. Went though 20 resumes and then decided to scrap the whole process as none of them were any good.

emestifs 3y ago

Hiring is fundamentally broken at the vast majority of companies. Maybe the "senior" label is just to try and deter low quality candidates or maybe it's because they don't want to invest in any employee anymore for right or wrong reasons - employees leaving after a few years or maybe the company/management are focused on excel spreadsheets only. Anyway, try applying to a job today or even pre-pandemic. Unless you went to a top school, are in the right geographic region (West Coast US, or NY area), or you have strong network connections, you're going to be going through a ridiculous number of job applications, then a non-nonsensical number of interview rounds, and maybe you'll get an offer. Alternatively you spend 3-6 or more months studying leetcode and planet-scale system design, because random startups, banks, insurance companies also wants people who are only the of the best and pay "competitive salary". The number of places that rejected me for trivial reasons is insane. I can only imagine what people entering the industry right now have to face, it can't be any better than it was.