[pyb]

Not mentioned in the article : interns/juniors are too expensive these days ; seniors offer better value per dollar of comp.

[nick__m]

Why not just pay them significantly less than seniors? if there is a surplus of juniors shouldn't the invisible hand of the market adjust the salaries accordingly?

[t-writescode]

The invisible hand of the market is playing games with promises of AI allowing one senior to do the work of a senior and 4 juniors.

Whether or not it works will be something we find out long past the early-experience tenure of those junior engineers.

[ares623]

The invisible hand of the market is saying to hire offshore

[pyb]

Anectodally, I've seen that some newly graduated engineers prefer to forgo the job search altogether, rather than lower their comp demands to get a foot in the door.

[throwawaysleep]

Depends on what you think the cause is. They can’t work for $20 a month legally in most cases.