How fresh grads with zero experience get hired as senior engineers

Re:How fresh grads with zero experience get hired as senior ... by heyitsanewacco on Friday February 11, 2022 @01:43PM (#30305377)

Ding ding ding, we have a winner!

I'm running a hiring competition right now for a "Senior." The pay band is less than what entry level startups pay. So we rotate through a never ending stream of kids who leave for better salaries because we don't have any higher levels.

Sometimes we do get lucky and pick up a mediocre lifer (like me) so HR sees no incentive to change.

Never take a job for a company where you are not on the value chain!

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Re:How fresh grads with zero experience get hired as senior ... by distrill on Friday February 11, 2022 @01:47PM (#30305436)

> Sometimes we do get lucky and pick up a mediocre lifer (like me)

why?

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Re:How fresh grads with zero experience get hired as senior ... by krinchan on Friday February 11, 2022 @02:41PM (#30306085)

Because not everyone feels the need to rate their self-worth by how much wealth they’ve hoarded. I’m already set for retirement and I have my house nearly paid off. I’m comfortable and I don’t make $250,000 a year. I barely work more than 32 hours a week and I just got promoted. Full time work from home with a free working trip back to my old stomping grounds to catch up with friends twice a year.

Why would I break my psyche with burnout, stress, and work I despise just to make someone else exponentially more money so I can make marginally more money I don’t need? Miss me with that hustle porn, thanks.

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Re:How fresh grads with zero experience get hired as senior ... by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Friday February 11, 2022 @08:45PM (#30309134)

Set for retirement can mean different things. Personally, I run the rat race so that I can retire as soon as possible. Few people actually fit the bill of “self worth = wealth hoarded.”

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Re:How fresh grads with zero experience get hired as senior ... by SketchySeaBeast on Friday February 11, 2022 @03:20PM (#30306525)

Honestly, that sounds like heaven.

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Re:How fresh grads with zero experience get hired as senior ... by trentnix on Friday February 11, 2022 @01:52PM (#30305495)

Maybe he bought a house in the neighborhood. Maybe he really likes writing COBOL. Maybe his spouse works there as well. Maybe he is simply extremely risk averse.

There are a number of good reasons somebody might decide to stay put, even if it might be more lucrative or exciting elsewhere.

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Re:How fresh grads with zero experience get hired as senior ... by lostlogin on Friday February 11, 2022 @02:14PM (#30305744)

To a lot of people conditions matter more than money.

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