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Re:Ask HN: Why not more hiring of junior devs, then on-the-j... by sheepmullet on Thursday November 22, 2018 @01:32AM (#18508283)
> If I spend a bunch of money/time on new guys I have less to spend on experienced guys compared to the company that just spends it on experienced guys.

That is the theory - in practice it is a bit different.

It takes a lot longer to become a senior who can easily switch business domains and tech stacks than it does to skill up in a single business domain and tech stack combo.

Two years in house is easily comparable with 5-6 years on the market if you work in a complex domain and have a good training program.

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Re:Ask HN: Why not more hiring of junior devs, then on-the-j... by jib on Thursday November 22, 2018 @01:42AM (#18508313)
For sure. Just saying that I think that is the argument.

Our team is about 70% guys who learnt from scratch on the job I think. We have very low turnover, and you don’t come to us if you’re chasing max compensation anyway, so we do not have those problems as much (we don’t pay bad, but you can certainly make more other places).

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