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Discussion on: Unpopular opinion: Junior devs bring much more value to their employers than the market wants them to believe

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Rolf Streefkerk

It's never a burden, the reason for that is simple economics.

You as an employee has to at least generate X value, your employer has to be able to extract X+2 value out of you for it to make it economically viable to hire you.

The first +1 is the cost covering margin they need to operate their business with. That business operation part should cover costs to do;

  • Business development, sales selling a project that you can get staffed on.
  • Operational overhead, such as office rental
  • Support staff, HR staff that is effectively a cost center.

The other +1, is to operate the business at profit when all costs are deducted from revenue.