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If you don't hire juniors, you don't deserve seniors

5 points| andraskindler | 7 years ago |isaaclyman.com

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angersock|7 years ago

Juniors are wonderful, but they make messes and are a training and maintenance burden on more experienced developers.

They really are like puppies, and if your org can't take care of them you shouldn't adopt one.

Alterlife|7 years ago

The flipside of this story is that companies often only hire junior developers for the lower cost.

Some companies 10-15 year old companies are composed 80-90% of junior developers, and that's a problem too.