Senior engineers sometimes jump to conclusions too, especially if they are tired or overworked or stressed out. No doubt, less frequently than junior engineers

Senior engineers sometimes jump to conclusions too, especially if they are tired or overworked or stressed out. No doubt, less frequently than junior engineers do, but I don't think from the mere fact that someone has "jumped to conclusions" on an occasion, you can draw any firm conclusions as to their seniority. ProPublica has published a list of alleged DOGE staff [0] and one of their software engineers is 37, and he previously worked as a CTO. Another DOGE staffer is 36, and she previously worked as head of engineering at a startup, and before that did software development for Goldman Sachs. So it sounds like they do have some "senior engineers" [0] https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/ https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/