Junior Developers Debate
Cluster discusses hiring, mentoring, challenges, and value of junior developers versus seniors, including experiences with their growth, team dynamics, and whether companies should invest in them.
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Ah, great point about junior devs.
What’s wrong with being a junior developer?
Does your company not have any junior devs who are ready to step up?
looks like you have little experience with junior engineers. now try experiencing junior engineers who will never grow to senior engineering levels.
The biggest difference between junior devs and senior devs is the ability to dig for answers and information and only ask when you are completely blocked. It seems like you've surrounded yourself with junior engineers and aren't interested in mentoring them into doing better. You should talk to your manager, or find a more technical place to work with fewer people to mentor.
Are you having problems with the junior developers that are getting hired?
How about mentoring junior devs in your org ? How has the experience been there ?
What about the junior devs of today ?
Isn't the whole point of hiring a junior dev that they will learn and become senior devs eventually?
You don't hire junior devs then.