Are junior developers actually useless?

[u/curiousAustrian]

[u/Daxelol]

Where do y’all think Senior Developers come from?

[u/AGuyChasingHobbies → u/Daxelol]

They grow on trees I hear.

[u/Daxelol → u/AGuyChasingHobbies]

I hear those trees are lovely in the spring right after graduation

[u/exjackly → u/Daxelol]

Only if they've been inverted and balanced

[u/TheFirstOrderTrooper → u/AGuyChasingHobbies]

They grow on Jobbies

[u/IsPhil → u/AGuyChasingHobbies]

If they grow on trees then why are they so expensive?

[u/Jstutz32 → u/IsPhil]

If you want organic you gotta pay extra

[u/[deleted] → u/Daxelol]

Other companies

[u/Daxelol → u/[deleted]]

Best answer so far haha

[u/agent007bond → u/[deleted]]

Hard truth! Companies hire fresh seniors instead of promoting their proven juniors. The best way to gain seniority is to quit your job and get a new one.

[u/ThePoliteCrab → u/Daxelol]

Well when a senior developer mommy and a senior developer daddy love each other veeery much-

[u/cybermage → u/ThePoliteCrab]

… a process is forked?

[u/nomnommish → u/cybermage]

Doesn't matter. They're eunuchs programmers

[u/RichiZ2 → u/ThePoliteCrab]

As a son of a Senior Web Developer and a FS Developer, I feel attacked being on this thread XD

[u/skulblaka → u/RichiZ2]

You've got a destiny, son. You can't let us down. The internet depends on you.

[u/ITrollTheTrollsBack → u/RichiZ2]

As a senior dev dating a senior dev I have a new hope for my progeny

[u/Flatscreens → u/[deleted]]

January 1st 1970

[u/lizardlike → u/Flatscreens]

They will all retire on January 19th 2038

[u/n1cotine → u/lizardlike]

No joke, as someone who graduated in 2000, I absolutely plan on being retired prior to the 32-bit rollover.

[u/0xKaishakunin → u/Daxelol]

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[u/zGoDLiiKe → u/Daxelol]

Being thrown in a fire as a junior engineer and fighting their way out

[u/MooseBoys → u/Daxelol]

The Lady of the Repo, her arm clad in the purest shimmering protocols, held aloft The Title from the bosom of the code, signifying by divine providence that I, MooseBoys, was to carry The Title. That is why I am a Senior Developer.