Hiring only senior engineers is killing companies - Weave - X-ray vision for engineering teams
In the last 3 months, I've interviewed 134 engineers - students, mid-level, seniors and even CTOs. My main takeaway: there is a huge pool of exceptional junior engineers that most companies won’t even consider. While everyone else is fighting over seniors, smart companies can get a significant advantage by going the other direction. If you won’t, your competitors will.I’m not alone here. In the beginning of 2025 Shopify recently hired 25 interns (and their head of engineering said he aims for 10...
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