At ETH Denver, a CTO said that they would rather hire a junior dev with passion than a senior dev.

Can we please stop lying to devs?

These types of CTOs also fire junior devs when a bug is introduced or a deliverable falls through due to a dev’s lack of experience.

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Startup founders:
1. Be real with your expectations. Some of you need to hire a staff or principal. And that's ok. 
2. Passion is great but it still takes time to cultivate skill. If you cannot wait, please hire a senior dev.