[throwawaysleep]

Or we are all just dev leads now managing junior dev swarms.

[leptons]

Those "junior dev swarms" will never become seniors, so you're perpetually handholding and always getting junior-dev results. It isn't a step forward in any way.

[throwawaysleep]

Junior devs won’t become seniors at your company either, so no practical difference there.

You have to hire new ones as they leave.

[leptons]

That's funny, because you don't know me. You are a troll.

All of the juniors I have hired in the last 10 years are now seniors, still at my company.