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> There is a strong correlation between senior dev and live -- senior devs often have children, mortgages, dental payments, college tuition.

Maybe not though, considering how often the title “senior” is given out like candy to people in their 30s and even 20s.

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Well if they want a "senior" dev a year or two out of college, there is no shortage of non-top5 college grads and bootcamp grads. If they are having a hard time, I suspect they are looking for true senior devs.

Usually then comes down to the issue of the company seeing a senior dev as someone with 10-15 years experience, but offering pay that would suit a senior dev of 3-5 years experience.

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