[valval]

At a quick glance the sentiment that the market being flush with newer developers would somehow automatically lead to a dip in technical advancements in the near future seems completely made up. I'd believe it to be the opposite, frankly. I'd see a dip in the near future if a large portion of the more senior engineers died all of a sudden and took their knowledge with them. That's not going to happen.

[mmiliauskas]

Have you seen the JavaScript world?

[TeMPOraL]

Or Python world for that matter?

It all seems to be correlated with growth - as in, the fastest-growing areas of the industry, ones that are hot and considered a career gateway, attracting the largest amount of outsiders - are the biggest circuses on wheels.