Seniorless – Reasons You Should Hire More Juniors

As a senior developer (40 years experience) I agree. Companies will very often get more value in the long run hiring talented and ambitious junior developers and training them in house. You grow people in the culture and with daily exposure to the business domain. Teams have more cohesion when they "grow up" together.

Back when I started this was normal. In the olden days of proprietary hardware and software we all started as juniors in a new job. Companies had to develop their team and skills in-house.

Now I see people who would likely succeed given the chance excluded by ridiculous interviews and delusions of hiring only the top 5%.