Re:Silicon Valley offices less empty than other regions
by 908B64B197 on Thursday December 29, 2022 @04:11PM
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> But full time remote is a disaster for junior engineers.
I used to think the same but realized it's more nuanced than that.
There are basically two markets for junior hires: those who can prosper in a remote-first environment (capable of debugging on their own, read doc and ask relevant questions) and those who can't. The contrast is striking. A lot of businesses tried to cut programmer salaried with junior hires from "diverse" pipelines (codeword for bootcamps and certificates) and are now struggling onboarding them in a remote-first environment because of the required handholding.
Of course, what the market hasn't figured out yet, is that there's a premium for the later.
I used to think the same but realized it's more nuanced than that.
There are basically two markets for junior hires: those who can prosper in a remote-first environment (capable of debugging on their own, read doc and ask relevant questions) and those who can't. The contrast is striking. A lot of businesses tried to cut programmer salaried with junior hires from "diverse" pipelines (codeword for bootcamps and certificates) and are now struggling onboarding them in a remote-first environment because of the required handholding.
Of course, what the market hasn't figured out yet, is that there's a premium for the later.