On: Why you're having trouble hiring

[ptd]

From my anecdotal experience the breakpoints in engineering experience seem to be:

0-3 years-Junior:You don’t know what you’re doing.

3-8 years-Mid-level: You think you know what you’re doing.

8+ years-Senior:You know that you don’t know what you’re doing.

[ghostly_s → ptd]

At large companies, sure. The proliferation of startups really skew this on average. I know of many people who were "Senior Devs" at startups within the 1-5 years range.