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How many times do you want to train entry level employees over the course of a project for a few years?

How much will that training cost in terms of time spent hiring and onboarding over the duration of the project?

What is the productivity loss of doing the "lets hire a senior?" ... and not incurring the other expenses of training entry level who leave after a year?

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That's part of the problem isn't it, so many software companies are short projects, not long term businesses. You can't afford the investment, because you'll never benefit from it by the time the project is done. You also can't start with a junior and teach them the platform, because the platform isn't even built yet.

I wish there were a simple answer but it's a complicated cost benefit analysis that has to be done for each organization taking into account their objectives. But most organizations don't have that many options because salaries are pre-defined and inelastic.

There really aren't that many options 1. Invest in training the people you have 2. Offer some novel incentives 4 day work week or something. 3. Compete on salary by paying more

In a lot of organizations 2 and 3 can't be changed by the people doing the hiring.

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