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There is a huge pool of exceptional junior engineers

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263 points mooreds | 1 comments | 30 Sep 25 03:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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hellojimbo ◴[30 Sep 25 03:42 UTC] No.45421670[source]▶
The real problem with hiring juniors is that tech does not have flexible pay. Realistically, hiring juniors is high risk high reward so they should naturally be on some kind of probational pay.
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ta1243 ◴[30 Sep 25 04:00 UTC] No.45421767[source]▶
Companies hire juniors at low rates, but then when they like them they don't increase the rates. Instead the juniors leave for another company.
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throwawaysleep ◴[30 Sep 25 04:24 UTC] No.45421869[source]▶
If they have to pay market for seniors anyway, why pay to raise them?

If you had to pay market rates for cows once grown, would you breed cows and feed them?

Thats the problem. If you have the pay market when they become seniors, you may as well just pay market for seniors today.

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1. hellojimbo ◴[30 Sep 25 04:47 UTC] No.45421985[source]▶
Theyre higher value than actual seniors because they have more domain knowledge, more neuroplastic, probably willing to work harder, etc