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Not good. There are very very few junior developer jobs. Everyone wants senior or lead developers in 2014. Possibly the only junior developer jobs these days ar
by bohnej 12y ago
Not good. There are very very few junior developer jobs. Everyone wants senior or lead developers in 2014. Possibly the only junior developer jobs these days are in very remote locations where they can't find any senior developers.
- adamzerner 12y agoThere seems to be a chicken-egg problem here. How do you get to be a senior developer if you can't find a job as a junior one?
- panorama 12y agoLiving in SF, I also feel like this issue pertains to the tech industry in general, for non-programming jobs. In my girlfriend's experience, tech startups are looking for people who have had tech experience prior, even in Sales, AM, Customer Support, and other more entry-level-leaning roles.
- smeyer 12y ago"The only junior developer jobs" seems a bit extreme. I'm in Cambridge MA (not exactly the middle of nowhere) in my first year after college at a company frequently interviewing junior people, even if we talk to more senior people. I also had lots of friends in college who got jobs as developers, most of them in the Bay Area.
- josephschmoe 12y agoTo be honest, the biggest mistake I've seen entry-level engineers make is not applying for every job. |Everyone wants senior or lead developers in 2014. This has literally always been the case. They want a senior engineer. They'll accept you.