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suzzer99today at 3:16 PM1 replyview on HN

This is standard because after a year of experience, a fresh junior dev is worth roughly twice as much on the open market. Most companies won't give a 100% raise because it would upset the apple cart with other employees wanting similar raises. So the junior dev has to move on to get paid what they're worth.


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throwaway2037today at 5:01 PM

    > This is standard because after a year of experience, a fresh junior dev is worth roughly twice as much on the open market.
My internal Brandolini's Law alarm is ringing loud and clear on this one. Absolutely not. This is only true for the best junior devs in the most competitive markets. From my professional experience, it is very difficult to keep star junior devs. The "gravity" pulling them away is simply too strong.