• hellinkilla [they/them, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    there’s always going to be a need for juniors because there’s no senior devs without junior devs training to become senior.

    Sound like development jobs will soon be like other skilled industries (trades, healthcare, social services etc).

    You always see stuff about “shortage” of workers yet everyone I know is constantly out of work, working part time/casual, stringing together multiple jobs. What the employers want is people with 20 years of experience and lots of training in there. But nobody wants to hire a fresh young person for 20 years and be paying them to upskill regularly. Older people either dont want to teach/train or it can’t be integrated with their existing jobs.

    Everyone wants to reap but nobody wants to sow. Employers will do anything to avoid having to invest in people because it indicates a commitment to their value that makes workers upity and demanding. Its more important that the workers feel off balance and insecure all the time.