We can't currently hire juniors. We've tried, and realized we did not yet have enough work for them to do, or the cycles to mentor them on harder stuff.
And my headcount for the next year is ~2, for make-or-break shit.
But soon as we can, we will try again.
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Here are my arguments for hiring junior engineers. Pass them on, especially to your boss:
someone took a chance on you, once. How many chances have you taken on others?
juniors do not stay juniorō
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juniors don't stay juniors. You may be able to train a new one in the time you spend searching for a senior.
juniors force your senior folks to explain what they they are thinking, planning and doing, in terrific specificity.5 replies 21 retweets 144 likesShow this thread -
juniors are excited to build... Well just about everything.
a great team is one where *everyone* is excited about what they're doing and everyone is growing. Because...
enthusiasm and growth are infectious attitudes. So, unfortunately, are cynicism and boredom.5 replies 18 retweets 138 likesShow this thread -
mentorship is a skill that must be practiced and learned just like any other. You owe it to your senior folks to give them the opportunity to teach. You owe it to the world, too.
a team that is top-heavy with seniors tends to be a fractious team with jostling egos2 replies 15 retweets 114 likesShow this thread -
most of the work you have to do just *isn't that hard*. Really. An organization only has so much strategic work and other high level stuff to be done.
the more senior an eng, the less moldable they tend to be. They are who they are, for better or not.2 replies 5 retweets 74 likesShow this thread -
no, seniors are not "as good or better" at all lower level tasks. They may be rusty. They may rush through and half-ass things they deem "easy".
Usually the people good at something are those who have it fresh in their mind; i.e. people currently or recently of that level.2 replies 5 retweets 80 likesShow this thread -
loyalty. Gratitude. Effort. They aren't stupid. They know you're bucking the trends, they know you are investing in them. If you do this well, they will reward your faith in them many-fold.
finally, a special shout out for juniors who are transferring mid-career...1 reply 2 retweets 69 likesShow this thread -
changing careers is a gutsy move. I can't claim to know a ton of these folks, but *every single one* I know ranks in the top 25% of engineers I've known.
You're getting an ADULT junior who you already know to be ambitious, tenacious, and hardworking.
Hire
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if you are a company that complains about not hitting your hiring goals, but you only recruit at elite colleges, fuck you.
if you require a college degree in CS, fuck you. (As a dropout piano major, this one's personal.)
if you don't recruit from hack academies..
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Abandoned jazz performance degree high five (Although I did end up getting a social sciences BA before I left)
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