Dev Tools · 11h ago
Hiring Bias: Why Filtering Out Juniors Hurts Tech Teams
A developer recounts being hired despite poor German, arguing that teams filtering out juniors for immediate productivity lose long-term innovation. Juniors bring fresh questions that expose hidden assumptions and prevent codebase rot. The piece warns that prioritizing short-term shipping over teaching creates teams that stop questioning why things work.
Meridian48 take
A personal plea against resume filtering, but the real story is the tension between quarterly metrics and long-term team health—a trade-off every engineering leader knows but few solve.
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I was hired before I could speak German, and that CV would be filtered out today →
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