Just to add my 2 cents worth: Sometimes companies consider a 'junior' to be someone with "at least x years experience". I've seen this situation play out at l

Just to add my 2 cents worth: Sometimes companies consider a 'junior' to be someone with "at least x years experience". I've seen this situation play out at least 3-5 times now. I'm not exactly sure where someone who is a 'junior' is meant to get experience for a year (real work) and then apply for a 'junior' position that has shitty pay just so that you can add up more exp. I've also seen a lot of intern positions saying "work for us, slog your guts out for 3 months with no pay, you will compete with at least 5 others and at the end we will use any valuable code/work you've done, not hire you all and give the guy with the most hours/productivity the job and the rest of you can fuck off". This industry is fucked... For a skill like programming I'd expect even a junior with no exp. to earn at least $5-$10 dollars per hour.