I see so many small companies looking only for mid to senior level positions but I think it's very risky as a business decision in the long term:
if such senior changes job you find yourself with one less developer and hiring a substitute takes time
you have no internal path for career growth. yes seniors still learn stuff and have to get better but the fact that they come to you later in their career means if they leave they take with them their knowledge and expertise. you create silos basically and if you call yourself a software company the minimal unit of devs on your core project should be two.
(not talking about startups here, just software shops that too many times end up delivering products late because they only have one dev)
With juniors learning for more experienced developer you both distribute knowledge and create a career path, even if the career path is just "i'm gonna be a senior one day" :-)
Last but definitely not least, a lot of people get better at their own jobs when they have someone to teach to or discuss with or learn from.
I've learned so much just by hanging around dev.to and commenting :-)
Awesome! I'm glad you found a good place!
I see so many small companies looking only for mid to senior level positions but I think it's very risky as a business decision in the long term:
if such senior changes job you find yourself with one less developer and hiring a substitute takes time
you have no internal path for career growth. yes seniors still learn stuff and have to get better but the fact that they come to you later in their career means if they leave they take with them their knowledge and expertise. you create silos basically and if you call yourself a software company the minimal unit of devs on your core project should be two.
(not talking about startups here, just software shops that too many times end up delivering products late because they only have one dev)
With juniors learning for more experienced developer you both distribute knowledge and create a career path, even if the career path is just "i'm gonna be a senior one day" :-)
Last but definitely not least, a lot of people get better at their own jobs when they have someone to teach to or discuss with or learn from.
I've learned so much just by hanging around dev.to and commenting :-)
Long live junior devs :-)
Haha thanks! Totally agree with this.