alt Hacker NewsAnd that junior dev will probably leave in 2 years because HR won’t allow you to give them a raise to match their market comp.
But with a team of 7, I can’t believe that giving them all a Claude Code subscription wouldn’t be much cheaper and much more productive than hiring a junior. A junior though with AI is more dangerous than a junior without.
That’s not really an either or situation, you can have 7 team members with Claud Code and 1 Jr without.
I’ve seen many people stick around for a surprising amount of time while severely under compensated. I suspect that’s why HR does it.