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industry only ever seems to want to hire people with the word Senior in their title. They almost never want to create people with the word Senior in their title
by WarOnPrivacy 1y ago
industry only ever seems to want to hire people with the word Senior in their title. They almost never want to create people with the word Senior in their title.
I suggest that the first ladder that got pulled up is the one on the ground.
No one wants to train new entrants to the field. Not training junior workers seems like a natural extension to that.
- whatshisface 1y agoI guess universities will eventually backfill that gap with training that focuses on senior skills. Eventually.
- thmsths 1y agoWe already require juniors to go through a 4 years university degree. It takes a fair bit of time of real world work to get to the senior level. So unless we expect people to do another 5 years of schooling, I am not sure how this will happen (and even in that scenario I believe there is a difference between hands on, on the job experience and classroom experience).
- jdee 1y agoit happened with architecture degrees in the uk. it went from 3 years to 7 years, as the skill levels and implicit knowledge required increased over time.
- ta1243 1y agoIn centuries past apprentices would pay their junior positions, in time picking up paid work as the progressed to senior, then eventually taking on apprentices of their own (and be paid)
- teeray 1y agoIt’s a Volunteer’s Dilemma: why train juniors when you can hire the juniors other companies trained to become seniors?
- zanecodes 1y agoMaybe companies should provide some sort of incentive for the juniors they trained to stay with them. As it is, the obvious and rational choice is always to leave for another company that will pay you 25% more whenever you feel undervalued.
- mattpara 1y agoI think pensions used to be that incentive.