Sounds like a miserable company. I wholly believe that the culture (or at least some small administrative group) is run by those making up arbitrary gatekeeping

Sounds like a miserable company. I wholly believe that the culture (or at least some small administrative group) is run by those making up arbitrary gatekeeping at best and looking to exploit inexperience at worst. Future prediction is certainly not their strong point. I didnt know much at 5yrs, given I had been at 2 companies with specific roles. This idea of some unicorn jr is a coke fueled fever dream, which is being touted as a virtue.