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I'm curious just how much of this "senior only hiring" stuff is a _narrative_ thing vs an actual reality. Many small startups _never_ really hired junior peopl
by rsynnott 1y ago
I'm curious just how much of this "senior only hiring" stuff is a _narrative_ thing vs an actual reality.
Many small startups _never_ really hired junior people, preferring to only take people who had some experience. To some extent, taking juniors and _turning them into_ seniors has always been more of a big-company thing than a small-company thing (which makes _sense_; it's expensive). I'd be curious whether there's actual data showing a shift, or if it's just vibes.
- disgruntledphd2 1y agoI feel like I've worked with (and heard about) more companies trying the senior only thing in the last few years (Covid and beyond). That could be a bias in my sampling of people I know and work with though. I do think hiring only seniors is generally a bad idea unless you want only seniors who are content cranking out tickets and code. That, to my mind, isn't what you want a senior for, but apparently much of the market disagrees with me.