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It's interesting to me that Netflix isn't on that list. Maybe because it ruins their stats.

Totally anecdotal but I wouldn't be surprised if it were up there in the mid-high 30s.

I'm having trouble thinking of anyone I knew there under 30 that wasn't in HR, recruiting, support, or facilities. There were just a few engineers under 30, and definitely a bunch over 50. And of course management was almost all 35+.



Netflix will definitely skew higher for one very obvious reason: back when i was looking into them a few years ago (not sure if anything has changed since then), they had no internship programs or entry-level postings.

They were only hiring seniors and higher, and it was very explicit on their end, not just that i looked at them during a time period when they have already filled all of their entry-level roles. I just googled and verified that, sounds like it still holds.

With that in mind, of course they will skew higher, since they don't hire any new grads.


It makes sense. The problem they solve is not simple enough to onboard tons of jrs. You need pretty experiences devs to handle what they do.




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