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I should add this works best if you hire with some diversity, such as one Junior with a preference for security topics.

If you go up to the counter and yell "10 React devs please", don't be surprised

As a long time engineering manager, I have significantly benifited from this: leveling me up in WCAG/ADA, strcmp timing attacks, performance timing. Many managers start younger than we maybe should, and the burnout that I had in my early years pulled me out of my passion to learn more about comp sci. It was the random enthusiasm of younger folk that, in those times, was my exposure to topics I hadn't dived in to yet.

I have witnessed hiring, listening, and supporting early-career enthusiasm has significantly improved every startup I've had the joy to be a part of.

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