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Ok, that makes sense.

I agree, it's problematic that there are so many more juniors than seniors in the industry right now. I feel like many juniors are being left without mentorship, and then it becomes much harder for them to grow and eventually become qualified for senior roles. So that could help explain why many candidates seem so weak, alongside with all the recent hype.

I guess eventually the market will cool off and the hype will die down since this stuff seems to be cyclical, and the junior engineers who are determined enough to stick it out and seek out mentorship will be able to grow and become seniors.

But it definitely seems like the number of seniors is a bottleneck for talent across the industry.