Your company needs Junior devs

Doug Turnbull's compelling case for why companies need junior developers. Key benefits: 1) Knowledge Sharing - juniors force teams to teach and collaborate, the 'Protege effect' helps seniors deepen knowledge by teaching, creates redundancy facilitating knowledge transfer. 2) Fresh Perspectives - generalists like juniors bring innovative ideas, ask 'dumb questions' challenging expert assumptions, offer diverse backgrounds and problem-solving approaches. 3) Psychological Safety - hiring juniors promotes learning culture, encourages admitting mistakes and reporting errors, prevents groupthink by introducing new perspectives. 4) Organizational Learning - juniors help teams avoid stagnation, promote experimentation and new approaches, create continuous learning environment. Key quote: 'Making personal knowledge available to others is the central activity of the knowledge-creating company.' The article argues juniors aren't just about added labor but creating dynamic, innovative cultures that value teaching, learning, and challenging assumptions.