I never loved the phrase “junior developer.” Junior evokes memories of little league baseball, a suboptimal grade level and perhaps even the esteemed Weenie Hut Jr’s (for the Gen Z crowd). It takes hard work to understand enough code to convince a company that you can make that API come to life when push comes to shove. Juniors are valuable! They’re brimming with career ambitions, they have something to prove, and they bring a fresh set of eyes to languishing legacy code.