The biggest difference AFAICT is that the funnel for junior positions used to go through Universities. Companies posted junior positions at Universities so pe

The biggest difference AFAICT is that the funnel for junior positions used to go through Universities. Companies posted junior positions at Universities so people who weren't new grads were screwed. For example if you graduated in 2002 and didn't get a job because of the tech recession and then tried to get a job in 2004 as a junior with no experience you were screwed because you didn't have access to University job postings. Now of course all job postings are on the Internet.