Comment by HeyLaughingBoy
16 days ago
I quit a company that was showing all the signs of trying to get rid of its senior developers so a couple of us jumped ship before the inevitable layoff. I went straight into another place that the recruiter said "preferred to hire more seasoned engineers." In my 5 years there I only remember two engineers that were under 30. Median age probably hovered around 50.
There are outfits that realize that you get better with experience and want to capitalize on that. Unfortunately, they seem to be few and far between.
Assuming the pool of engineers is growing exponentially, I’d expect a very small population of seasoned engineers.
I think that's why we got the two younger ones. At that time, they couldn't find enough experienced engineers to hire, so they tried two that were fresh out of school. They were pretty bright, but left after about 3 years each.